Senior Reporter-Race, Equity, Opportunity
I am an award-winning journalist who writes about race, equity and opportunity for The Arizona Republic and USA Today Network and previously covered immigration for more than 15 years.
"I was so fixated on finding a Latino student it hadn’t dawned on me that there might be another way to tell the story."
The achievement gap has long been a public education concern. Now the pandemic has widened it even more.
La fisura en el rendimiento ha sido una preocupación de la educación pública. Ahora la pandemia ha ampliado aún más la grieta.
Latino college enrollment decreased nationally and in Arizona during the COVID-19 pandemic after years of steady growth.
Daniel Gonzalez reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 Data Fellowship.
Students in English language learning programs in Arizona had the lowest passing rates of any group, including homeless students.
A new reporting project will also look at which programs and schools are successfully in tackling mounting inequities.
