Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
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The product that helped define Tampa will face new competition under an executive order issued on Friday by the Obama administration. The directive...
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The day before school let out in May, 9-year old Hailey Everett brought home a certificate for making the honor roll at Chocachatti Elementary School...
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The Florida Board of Education has approved a budget request for the coming fiscal year. The proposal also recommends against renewing 49 million... -
Homeschooling entered the mainstream in the 1980s and was led largely by white evangelical Christians. Today, the U.S Department of Education says...
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A judge is siding with families who are fighting a Florida law that ties students' promotion to fourth grade on how they perform on standardized reading... -
The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year’s high school graduates aren’t prepared for college-level course work. In... -
An appeals court says Florida's teacher union has no legal right to challenge the state's largest private school voucher program.
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Florida's first charter school opened 20 years ago. Since then, enrollment in these publicly funded, privately run schools has exploded. Today, more...
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Florida's annual tax-free shopping holiday kicks off Friday-- but bargain hunters will have less time to spend their money. Floridians have three days -... -
When kids gaze up at the moon -- many dream about becoming astronauts. But how many look to the sea for similar inspiration? The ocean covers more than...
