Joe Hong
Education ReporterJoe Hong covered education stories across KPBS platforms. Prior to joining the KPBS newsroom, he covered three school districts for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs. He has written about school finance, negligence in special education, and school board misconduct. Previously, he covered equity issues and historically black colleges and universities for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine based in Fairfax, Virginia. Before a career in journalism, he was pursuing a doctorate in comparative literature at Rutgers University. He pivoted to journalism in 2016 and earned a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2017, specializing in investigative reporting. In September 2019, he completed The Data Institute, a two-week workshop for journalists of color taught by ProPublica in collaboration with the Ida B. Wells Society.
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While the district has seen significant success in graduation and college readiness rates, suspension rates remain disproportionately high. -
Teachers are working with up to 14 students per class, prioritizing students with disabilities and those who’ve fallen behind during distance learning. -
New research published Wednesday shows that disproportionate rates of suspensions and expulsions for Black students continues in San Diego Unified and across the state. -
San Diego Unified officials signaled optimism for a partial return to campuses in the coming months while the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced updated guidance. -
As case numbers gradually decline, the district deemed it safe to resume hybrid instruction at elementary schools. But middle and high schools will need to wait longer. -
KPBS Midday EditionSpecialists agree that Eli Chery-Davenport is hearing impaired. But the district has thus far refused to keep him in its deaf and hard-of-hearing program, his parents say.
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San Diego Unified School District leaders announced a targeted date of April 12 to allow students of all grade levels to return to the classroom.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the state would move to an age-based eligibility system after vaccinating those now at the front of the line, including health care, agricultural workers, emergency personnel and seniors 65 and older. -
UCSD officials identify two people on campus who were infected with COVID-19 and did not know it.
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