StateImpact

23/09/2013

How can journalists cover an issue "StateImpact style"? Here's a quick overview.

28/08/2013

27/08/2013

Hardly anybody noticed when Indiana adopted new academic standards in 2010. But by this year, the Common Core standards had triggered a political backlash across Indiana. Listen here for StateImpact’s special report on why this happened and what comes next.

13/08/2013

StateImpact Texas reporters are hitting the road, to see how drought and the drilling boom in West Texas is impacting the environment, the economy and communities. Follow their journey on member station K*T's tumblr.

29/07/2013

Is space program without space shuttles still cool enough to inspire science teachers and students? Judging by these teachers, the answer is yes.

26/07/2013

Japan's nuclear disaster at Fukishima has turned into an export opportunity for Pennsylvania's natural gas. Here's how it could happen.

19/07/2013

Pennsylvania law requires a pair of regular reports related to climate change. They're a year past due.

15/07/2013

Texas lawmakers were widely expected to overhaul eminent domain rules this year. Instead, they punted. Mose Buchele’s three-part series explaining what happened kicks off today.

15/07/2013

Florida is weighing whether to use a new standardized test being developed by a consortium of states. Or it could defect from the effort, as Alabama and Oklahoma have. StateImpact Florida lays out the choices before state education chief Tony Bennett.

08/07/2013

The operator of eight of the 20 coal mines in Texas is considering declaring bankruptcy. If that happens, environmentalists are concerned there won't be enough money to clean up the mines.

02/07/2013

Last weekend in Columbus, StateImpact Ohio convened teachers and others who have been discussing education on Twitter. Here's reporter Molly Bloom's recap.

How do you get dozens of Ohio teachers to spent their Saturday talking about work? Hold the first Tweetup. What's ? What's a Tweetup? Glad you asked. is a weekly online chat for Ohio educators. It happens every Monday at 9 p.m. on Twitter during the school year. (Over th...

25/06/2013

More awards for excellent StateImpact work! The latest come from PRNDI, the association of public radio news directors. Congrats to StateImpact New Hampshire and StateImpact Florida!