GLENDALE, Ariz. — Camron Olivas has been suspended at least five times throughout middle and high school for being late to class. While his mother cares for his toddler sister, his older brother drives him in, and they frequently arrive after the first bell. During the day, Camron said he sometimes remains in the hallways […]

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Fazil Khan is a data reporter at The Hechinger Report who is responsible for gathering and analyzing education data and collaborating with other reporters to expose inequality and examine innovation in education. He is a 2021 graduate of the M.S. Data Journalism program at Columbia Journalism School where he was also chosen as a post-graduate fellow for the school's Global Migration Project. He started his career as a copyeditor at one of India's leading business dailies in 2018 and had been working as a correspondent at CNN-News18 in Delhi, India, before moving to New York in 2020 for his graduate degree.