Education

Hawaii Wants To Expand Career-Based Learning But It Needs More Teachers The state is giving out bonuses and may ease licensing requirements to address an ongoing shortage of instructors in career technical education.

June 14, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/06/hawaii-wants-to-expand-career-based-learning-but-it-needs-more-teachers/

Keauhou Canoe Club Seeks Applicants for Two Scholarships

June 13, 2024 0

Keauhou Canoe Club Seeks Applicants for Two Scholarships KONA, HAWAI‘I—Keauhou Canoe Club is seeking applicants for its annual academic...

Many Hawaii High School Counselors Are Taking The Summer Off As School Budgets Run Short The availability of year-round advice can be crucial for some, including recent high school graduates. But only about half of Hawaii’s high schools offer it.

June 13, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/06/many-hawaii-high-school-counselors-are-taking-the-summer-off-as-school-budgets-run-short/

Fewer than half of Hawaii’s keiki proficient in reading and math

June 12, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/06/12/hawaii-news/fewer-than-half-of-hawaiis-keiki-proficient-in-reading-and-math/

Report Shows Early Impacts Of The Pandemic On Hawaii Students And Families The pandemic exacerbated families’ financial struggles, but Hawaii schools saw fewer reductions in student achievement compared to their mainland counterparts.

June 11, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/06/report-shows-early-impacts-of-the-pandemic-on-hawaii-students-and-families/

$2M grant provides new nursing scholarships at UH Maui College

June 3, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/06/03/hawaii-news/2m-grant-provides-new-nursing-scholarships-at-uh-maui-college/

Feeding Kids Can Be Tough For Some Hawaii Charter Schools Without state funding, principals say they need to find creative solutions to offer lunches to their students.

May 30, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/feeding-kids-can-be-tough-for-some-hawaii-charter-schools/

Hilo school wins grant from Laura Bush Foundation

May 30, 2024 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/community/hilo-school-wins-grant-from-laura-bush-foundation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Waikiki Elementary students create new educational kiosk

May 27, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/05/27/hawaii-news/waikiki-elementary-students-create-new-educational-kiosk/

Students at Mililani High are motivated for change

May 27, 2024 0

President Joe Biden's administration is privately pushing allied countries in Europe not to proceed with plans to censure Iran over...

Jonathan Okamura: Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage Persists Despite Recruitment From The Philippines Almost 80 teachers came last year, and 100 more will arrive this year but there’s still a deficit the Legislature needs to solve.

May 26, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/jonathan-okamura-hawaiis-teacher-shortage-persists-despite-recruitment-from-the-philippines/

Lahaina Teachers Say More Help Is Needed For Struggling West Maui Schools The teachers’ union is asking for more pay and leave benefits as educators continue to deal with the aftermath of the wildfires.

May 24, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/lahaina-teachers-say-more-help-is-needed-for-struggling-west-maui-schools/

‘No Easy Answers’ For How To Keep Hawaii’s Smallest Public Schools Open And Thriving Principals at small schools say they need more money to adequately serve students, but some state leaders say school consolidation and closures could be the answer.

May 20, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/no-easy-answers-for-how-to-keep-hawaiis-smallest-public-schools-open-and-thriving/

Education

National recruitment for next UH president to begin in late May

May 18, 2024 0

National recruitment for next UH president to begin in late May The national recruitment for the next president of the...

Foundation gives $25K in scholarships to Big Isle seniors

May 17, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/05/17/hawaii-news/newswatch/foundation-gives-25k-in-scholarships-to-big-isle-seniors/

To Engage Students In Math, Educators Try Connecting It To Their Culture 0 ‘Ethnomathematics’ proponents argue that math instruction is overly abstract and disconnected from student experience.

May 13, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/to-engage-students-in-math-educators-try-connecting-it-to-their-culture/

UH-Hilo holds spring commencement ceremony

May 13, 2024 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/05/13/hawaii-news/uh-hilo-holds-spring-commencement-ceremony/

Hawaii Lawmakers Spent Big On Public Schools This Year 0 But education advocates said the Legislature did little to address problems such as school bus driver shortages, fire safety and the need for more preschool teachers.

May 10, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/hawaii-lawmakers-spent-big-on-public-schools-this-year/

3 Hawaii seniors are named Presidential Scholars

May 10, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/05/10/hawaii-news/3-isle-seniors-are-named-presidential-scholars/

Hawaii’s New School Board Chair Has Played A Big Role In Public Education Reforms 0 Roy Takumi initiated significant changes in school funding and oversight during his time in the Legislature.

May 8, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/hawaiis-new-school-board-chair-has-played-a-big-role-in-public-education-reforms/

Education

Hawaii Wants To Expand Career-Based Learning But It Needs More Teachers The state is giving out bonuses and may ease licensing requirements to address an ongoing shortage of instructors in career technical education.

Keauhou Canoe Club Seeks Applicants for Two Scholarships

Many Hawaii High School Counselors Are Taking The Summer Off As School Budgets Run Short The availability of year-round advice can be crucial for some, including recent high school graduates. But only about half of Hawaii’s high schools offer it.

Fewer than half of Hawaii’s keiki proficient in reading and math

Report Shows Early Impacts Of The Pandemic On Hawaii Students And Families The pandemic exacerbated families’ financial struggles, but Hawaii schools saw fewer reductions in student achievement compared to their mainland counterparts.

$2M grant provides new nursing scholarships at UH Maui College

Feeding Kids Can Be Tough For Some Hawaii Charter Schools Without state funding, principals say they need to find creative solutions to offer lunches to their students.

Hilo school wins grant from Laura Bush Foundation

Waikiki Elementary students create new educational kiosk

Students at Mililani High are motivated for change

Jonathan Okamura: Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage Persists Despite Recruitment From The Philippines Almost 80 teachers came last year, and 100 more will arrive this year but there’s still a deficit the Legislature needs to solve.

Lahaina Teachers Say More Help Is Needed For Struggling West Maui Schools The teachers’ union is asking for more pay and leave benefits as educators continue to deal with the aftermath of the wildfires.

‘No Easy Answers’ For How To Keep Hawaii’s Smallest Public Schools Open And Thriving Principals at small schools say they need more money to adequately serve students, but some state leaders say school consolidation and closures could be the answer.

National recruitment for next UH president to begin in late May

Foundation gives $25K in scholarships to Big Isle seniors

To Engage Students In Math, Educators Try Connecting It To Their Culture 0 ‘Ethnomathematics’ proponents argue that math instruction is overly abstract and disconnected from student experience.

UH-Hilo holds spring commencement ceremony

Hawaii Lawmakers Spent Big On Public Schools This Year 0 But education advocates said the Legislature did little to address problems such as school bus driver shortages, fire safety and the need for more preschool teachers.

3 Hawaii seniors are named Presidential Scholars

Hawaii’s New School Board Chair Has Played A Big Role In Public Education Reforms 0 Roy Takumi initiated significant changes in school funding and oversight during his time in the Legislature.

Major transmission line restored as Hawaiian Electric returns power to Pāhala

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DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY – HURRICANE LALA RECOVERY UPDATE

More than 1,400 customers restored as Hawaiʻi Island recovery efforts continue Additional equipment, resources arrive to support ongoing restoration

HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY DAILY UPDATE U.S. Geological Survey Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 9:00 AM

13-Year-Old Spends 300 Hours 3D Printing a Custom Wheelchair for a Toddler

Lawsuit Alleges Hawaiʻi Prison Staff Enabled Gang Attack The suit alleges corrections officers at the state’s largest prison gave members of a prison gang access to an inmate in protective custody, who was then beaten.

It’s True: Power Outages Happening More Often In Hawai‘i The power isn’t just going out more frequently. It’s staying out for longer.

Hawaiʻi Ranchers Welcome Rain But Endure Weather Whiplash Broken fences, destroyed roads, new gulches, dead cattle and lost land may soon be the price to pay for greener grass as climate change aggravates extreme weather events.

Dual U.S. and Canadian Citizen and Alleged Repeat Child Sexual Predator Arrested for Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Hawaii

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