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Joe Hong

K-12 Education Reporter

Joe reports on the students, teachers and lawmakers who shape California's public schools. Before joining CalMatters in 2021, he was the education reporter at KPBS, the public radio station in San Diego. Previously, he reported on education in the Coachella Valley for The Desert Sun, a daily newspaper in Palm Springs. He's a proud graduate of California's public schools.

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Joselyn Marroquin at a park a few blocks from her home in the Bay View neighborhood of San Francisco Dec. 2, 2021. Nina Riggio for CalMatters
Rebecca Parison in her office at Hueneme Elementary School District in Oxnard on Nov. 12, 2021. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters
Dalal Erekat at her home in El Cajon on Oct. 14, 2021. Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters
A history class at Piner High School in Santa Rosa on August 14, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Ezuma Ekomo Ble, a senior at Milpitas High School, receives her COVID-19 vaccine in a locker room at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on May 11, 2021. Photo by Dylan Bouscher, Bay Area News Group

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