SAN DIEGO — Zaire Wallace looked forward to playing sports in high school. But within a few months of his freshman year, he’d gotten into three fights. After his second suspension, he enrolled at The Charter School of San Diego, an alternative school serving many students at risk of dropping out. His new school didn’t […]

Linh Tat
Linh Tat is a freelance reporter based in Southern California. She previously covered pre-K, K-12 and higher education for POLITICO New Jersey. Prior to that, she was a reporter for Bay Area News Group in California and for The Record in New Jersey. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.