{"id":13846,"date":"2012-10-03T15:36:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=13846"},"modified":"2012-10-03T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T20:10:09","slug":"arne-duncan-michelle-rhee-to-headline-tell-me-morestateimpact-florida-education-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/10\/03\/arne-duncan-michelle-rhee-to-headline-tell-me-morestateimpact-florida-education-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee to Headline Tell Me More\/StateImpact Florida Education Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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StudentsFirst founder Michelle Rhee has advised Gov. Rick Scott. Rhee is one of the scheduled guests on the Tell Me More\/StateImpact Florida special.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re interested in the future of education in Florida and our nation, you’ll want to be next to your radio, computer, or smartphone on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

That’s when the NPR show “Tell Me More” and StateImpact Florida are teaming up for a special show.<\/p>\n

We’ve convinced some of the heavy-hitters in education to be part of the forum — including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the provocative former leader of Washington D.C.’s public schools, Michelle Rhee.<\/p>\n

The event is taking place in Miami at WLRN Public Media<\/a>, where you can hear the show. You can also hear it at 11 a.m. on WUSF Public Media<\/a> in Tampa.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, you can join the conversation right now. Tweet your thoughts and ideas with @TellMeMoreNPR<\/a> using #npredchat and #IsYourSchoolBroken.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the press release from NPR with more information:<\/p>\n

NPR\u2019s news-talk program Tell Me More<\/a><\/em> is teaming up with StateImpact Florida<\/a> for an extensive discussion on education in America. After launching an ongoing Twitter Education Forum (#npredchat<\/a>) with leaders in education, teachers, parents and students, the program has jump-started a national dialog on education.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, October 10, Tell Me More <\/em>host Michel Martin will broadcast from NPR member station WLRN in Miami. The program will broadcast live from 11:00 a.m. until noon and will be live streamed on NPR.org. Martin will speak with several newsmakers and the conversation will be propelled by ongoing Twitter-based discussions.<\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his predecessor Margaret Spellings join Martin in discussing education reform at a national level \u2013 including the \u201cNo Child Left Behind\u201d policy. Former Washington, D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho follow with a discussion on school district reform.<\/p>\n

Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch also joins Martin to discuss why she no longer supports strict testing standards and the expansion of charter schools. Martin will also speak with Salman Khan, creator of the popular online education tool Khan Academy.<\/p>\n

Audience members are invited to participate in this conversation on education \u2013 both now and live on October 10. Tweet your thoughts and ideas with @TellMeMoreNPR<\/a> using #npredchat and #IsYourSchoolBroken. After the live broadcast, the conversation will continue on Twitter.View the full discussion, to date, at the #npredchat aggregate page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Collaborating with StateImpact \u2013 NPR\u2019s multi-platform, local journalism initiative focused on how state policy affects people\u2019s lives \u2013 was a natural way for Tell Me More <\/em>to explore education at a local level. With Florida\u2019s move toward more charter schools and Miami\u2019s status as one of the most dynamic multicultural regions in the country, StateImpact Florida (@StateImpactFL<\/a>) continuously looks at education issues in the Sunshine State as a Petri dish for national reform.<\/p>\n

Tell Me More with<\/em> Michel Martin <\/em>brings fresh voices and perspectives to public radio. The weekday, one-hour program captures the headlines and issues relevant to multicultural life in America. For local stations and broadcast times, visit www.NPR.org\/stations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are inviting educators, parents, reporters and you to join in via Twitter. What role should teachers, parents, the government, and private sector, be playing? Let the exchange of ideas begin #npredchat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[727,721,1086,1161,1050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13846"}],"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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13854,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13846\/revisions\/13854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}