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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The revised budget Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled last week includes $1 billion in funding cuts to the state community college system due to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, colleges are expecting an influx of newly unemployed students. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget projects nearly $19 billion in cuts to education funding. San Diego Unified leaders say their plan for reopening hinges on more federal stimulus money. -
Fearing a second wave of the pandemic, the CSU system made the announcement Tuesday to keep nearly all classes virtual in the fall. -
Student leaders on Tuesday proposed postponing the ceremonies to July and August. -
The university this week claimed to be the first in the nation to announce a plan to test all students, teachers and staff. But the expert in charge of the program emphasized that a return to normal campus life is still a long ways off. -
With the pandemic making online learning a distinct possibility for colleges and universities this fall, some students might defer admission to their dream schools.
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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. -
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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