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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State university leaders want to add $45 million in needs-based financial aid to help make up for changes to the Bright Futures scholarship program....
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Set a goal. Work hard. Then, take a short break to recharge. That's the thinking behind the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method used by...
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Ryan Seashore starts off every CodeNow workshop with a simple request — write out step-by-step instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly…
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Math is a language. And like any language, teachers need to help students translate the language into terms they understand. “This idea is to learn a...
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Fifty years ago Bob Moses organized volunteers to register voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer.And for decades, Moses is fighting for civil…
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Florida schools are in the middle of a high-tech transformation.A new generation of online tests are coming out next year. There’s a requirement that…
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A national foundation thinks school principals have more to learn.The Wallace Foundation believes that the people who supervise principals spend too much…
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A new Florida report tracks differences in employment and earnings based on the degrees earned by Florida college and university graduates.Science degrees…
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About half of Florida ninth graders failed the state's Algebra 1 exam in their first attempt last year.The class — and passing the exam — are a high…
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Ocoee High School just west of Orlando opened less than a decade ago. But technology-wise, the 2,300-student school is already obsolete.Ocoee is part of…