John O'Connor
John O’Connor is a reporter for StateImpact Florida, a project of WUSF, WLRN and NPR covering education. John writes for the StateImpact Florida blog and produces stories for air on Florida public radio stations.
John is a former political reporter for The (Columbia, S.C.) State and the Daily Record in Baltimore. He has a bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College and a master’s degree from the University of Maryland. He was chosen as the South Carolina Press Association 2009 Journalist of the Year.
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With January just around the corner, here are some of the education stories expected to be in the headlines in 2014.IMPLEMENTING NEW COMMON CORE… -
From Common Core, to Florida's next standardized test and changes to high school graduation requirement, education was a top story time and again this... -
Uzelea Evans has had a tough run recently.Her unemployment payments have been hung up for six weeks because of the state’s new online system.And the… -
More than 200 people gathered at Hillsborough Community College Tuesday evening to speak their minds about Florida’s new K through 12 education standards,… -
Yesterday Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order stating his desire that Florida ends its role handling the money for a consortium of states developing -
Two State Board of Education members criticized Gov. Rick Scott's leadership on education issues Tuesday, highlighting a rift between Scott and former Gov. -
Last month State Board of Education members turned on Florida's school grading system. The board was being asked to voted on two temporary changes which -
Two 2016 presidential horse race stories posit that former Gov. Jeb Bush’s stock is down following the recent resignation of Education Commissioner Tony -
Add U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to those opposing shared education standards fully adopted by Florida and 44 other states. The standards, known as... -
Both leaders of Florida’s legislative chambers are asking Education Commissioner Tony Bennett to withdraw from a coalition of states developing a new
