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Mario Koran

Mario Koran is The 74’s California correspondent and a staff reporter with our sister site LA School Report.

Unexpected Student-Discipline Trends in California: Suspensions Peak in Middle School, Black Kids More Likely to Be Disciplined in Segregated Schools & More

Mario Koran

Even as California’s Student Suspensions Fell 46% Over the Past 6 Years, the ‘Discipline Gap’ for Black Children Remained as Wide as Ever

Mario Koran

More Than Half of California’s High School Grads Still Don’t Meet Minimum Requirements for the State’s Own Public Universities

Mario Koran

A New Fight in Los Angeles to Fill a Vacated School Board Seat, After a Swing Vote Resigns Following Plea Deal

Mario Koran

Los Angeles School Board Member Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy; 3 Things to Know About Ref Rodriguez’s Resignation

Mario Koran

74 Interview: Longtime Civil Rights Activist Howard Fuller on Trump, DeVos, and What It’s Like to Advocate for School Choice in an Age of ‘Hypocrisy’

Mario Koran

5 Things to Know About California’s Final ESSA Plan Following a Year of Discussion & Debate Surrounding the Golden State’s Schools

Mario Koran

L.A. School Board Rejects Proposed Parcel Tax That Would Have Generated $500 Million a Year for District; Supe Looks to 2020 Instead

Mario Koran

Dismissed Case Out of California Could Be a Sleeper Legal Challenge to Hit Unions Even Harder Than Janus

Mario Koran

25 International Teachers Caught in Immigration Bureaucracy Forced to Leave Country Just Before Independence Day

Mario Koran

Anxiety Looms for Thousands of Migrant Teachers as Trump Administration Pushes ‘Zero Tolerance’ Enforcement of Visa Program

Mario Koran

Bain v. California Teachers Association: With All Eyes on Janus & the Supreme Court, Another Union Case With Wider Implications Meets Quiet Defeat — for Now

Mario Koran

With California’s Would-Be ‘Education Governor’ Eliminated in the Primary, Focus on State’s Schools Shifts to Nation’s Top Superintendent Battle

Mario Koran

Where Education Did (and Didn’t) Matter in California’s Primary: Newsom & Cox Advance in Gubernatorial Race, Reformer Tuck Leads Thurmond for Superintendent

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California’s Surprising Primary: 6 Ways This Year’s Races for Governor & Superintendent Resurfaced a North-South Divide in Education Politics

Mario Koran