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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In some cases, teachers have connected with just half of their students, fueling concerns that already present learning disparities will only be exacerbated with online learning amid the pandemic. -
It is an abrupt and unprecedented challenge -- but educators are also experiencing the bright sides of distance learning. -
KPBS Midday EditionStudents in California's second-largest district are beginning to attend classes from home as part of an unprecedented effort brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. -
As districts hurry to begin an unprecedented transition to distance learning amidst the coronavirus pandemic, experts worry that vulnerable student populations won’t get the state-mandated services they need.
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Teachers and other school staff are required by law to report suspicions of child abuse. But they no longer have daily contact with their students, so abuse is likely going unreported. -
While urban districts are announcing plans to move to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, the transition won't be so easy for more isolated school districts in San Diego County.
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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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