"Want to discuss charter schools in real time with some of the nation’s leading experts on the topic? You’ll get your chance on Friday, August 21, at 1 p.m. ET during the Southern Education Desk’s #SEDCharterChat.The chat comes at the conclusion of our four-day series this week looking at the charter school movement in Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi.Experts participating in the chat will include: Nadya Chinoy Dabby, assistant deputy secretary for innovation and improvement, U.S. Department of Eudcation (@usedgov); Marisa Cannata (@macannata), a senior research associate in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations at Vanderbilt University and associate director of the National Center on Scaling UP Effective Schools; and Chris Meyer (@ChrisMeyer_LA), CEO of New Schools Baton Rouge, and an educator who has been involved in local reform efforts in Louisiana.If you have any questions you’d like to submit in advance as we get ready for Friday, please submit them here via the comments section below, our fan page on Facebook, or sending it as a tweet to @SouthernEdDesk."