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I have always been extremely anxious about change. Sometimes that change would lead to various levels of panic, sometimes in public. And that panic would i

A veteran education reporter recently revealed to me the one area he can’t get insiders to talk about: school boards. Administrators, teachers and others w

A basic right like education can sometimes feel more like a privilege than a constitutional promise. In the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case, the

Schools are where we’re supposed to find equal opportunity. Instead we find a sorting system that magnifies inequality. In fact, schools ration out opportu

When I first entered the University of California-Riverside (UCR), I was filled with excitement and eagerness. I was ready to make my years at UCR the best

Hard decisions are not new to me, but in the past seven years, decisions about where to send my daughter for elementary and middle school have been among m

As a young man growing up on the East Side of Compton, California, I never quite understood my place in my community or society. I identified as an Asian A

This week, education writers meet in Los Angeles for an annual conference. Their work is read by millions of people every day and shared widely through dig

At the end of my junior year, I was expecting my daughter Alyssa, who was born right before my senior year started. It was a time of struggle. Ever since t