{"id":102,"date":"2011-07-18T13:48:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=102"},"modified":"2011-07-19T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T13:49:11","slug":"welcome-to-stateimpact-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/07\/18\/welcome-to-stateimpact-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To StateImpact Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve found Florida&#8217;s new source for statewide education coverage. Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;re planning.<\/p>\n<p>StateImpact Florida is a new project from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\">National Public Radio<\/a> and Florida public media with an emphasis on in-depth and investigative reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has been a leader in education reform for more than a decade and is now exporting those ideas to the rest of the nation, led by ambassadors such as <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/jeb-bush\/\">former Gov. Jeb Bush<\/a>. But which ideas have worked and which have not?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is standardized testing really the best way to measure student performance?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Will paying teachers based on that testing produce better teachers and smarter students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Which of <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/school-choice\/\">Florida&#8217;s school choice<\/a> options have been the most successful?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> How the rising price of higher education affects who is getting into and graduating from state colleges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> How are schools, community colleges and universities dealing with smaller budgets and larger student rolls?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/author\/sgonzalez\/\">Sarah Gonzalez<\/a> will be in the classroom and community, watching those policies in practice.<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/author\/joconnor\/\"> I&#8217;ll <\/a>be in the data, analyzing test results, graduation rates, budgets and contracts. StateImpact Florida will put education reform to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is both broadcast and online stories that gauge the impact &#8212; it&#8217;s right there in our name &#8212; of state and local education policies on students, parents, teachers, districts and the politicians and others influencing those decisions.<\/p>\n<p>What education stories do you want to see? Email Miami-based reporter Sarah Gonzalez at <a href=\"mailto:sgonzalez@stateimpact.org\">sgonzalez@stateimpact.org<\/a> or Tampa-based reporter <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/author\/joconnor\/\">John O&#8217;Connor<\/a> at<a href=\"mailto:joconnor@stateimpact.org\"> joconnor@stateimpact.org<\/a>, and check out our coverage here and on NPR stations across Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve found Florida&#8217;s new source for statewide education coverage. Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;re planning. StateImpact Florida is a new project from National Public Radio and Florida public media with an emphasis on in-depth and investigative reporting. Florida has been a leader in education reform for more than a decade and is now exporting those ideas to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1012,1019,1026,1007,19],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}