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Esma Arslan

Esma Arslan is a former Iolani student who is studying pre-med at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is passionate about the state of public education on Oahu.
History Is Present in Hawaii Students’ Daily Lives Whether They Know It or Not Courtesy of Esma Arslan

History Is Present in Hawaii Students’ Daily Lives Whether They Know It or Not

It took me a long time to realize that when people spoke of the “white flight” of students from public to private schools, they were talking about people like me.