Education
A $500 State Tax Credit For School Supplies? Hawaii Teachers Say That’s A Good Start 0 Out-of-pocket expenses from pencils to lesson plans are a fact of life for educators.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/03/a-500-state-tax-credit-for-school-supplies-hawaii-teachers-say-thats-a-good-start/
Bills to improve DOE’s Farm to School program moving forward
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/03/01/hawaii-news/bills-to-improve-does-farm-to-school-program-moving-forward/
Effort underway to change student assessments in Hawaii
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/03/01/hawaii-news/life-is-not-a-standardized-test/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
TIM school gala seeks $400,000 for scholarships
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/27/hawaii-news/tim-school-gala-seeks-400000-for-scholarships/
Kamalani Academy is ordered closed for contract violations
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/25/hawaii-news/kamalani-academy-is-ordered-closed-for-contract-violations/
Preschool plan plagued by Hawaii’s teacher shortage
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/24/hawaii-news/preschool-plan-plagued-by-hawaiis-teacher-shortage/
Reach for the stars….After School Prograns
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/24/hawaii-news/reach-for-the-stars/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
The Decades-Old Debate Over Breaking Up Hawaii’s Statewide School System 0 Education reform efforts also tend to focus on whether the Board of Education should be elected or appointed.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/the-decades-old-debate-over-breaking-up-hawaiis-statewide-school-system/
DOE outlines plans for Holualoa school
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/22/hawaii-news/doe-outlines-plans-for-holualoa-school/
HSTA: Holualoa Elementary in ‘crisis’
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/21/hawaii-news/hsta-holualoa-elementary-in-crisis/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Bills seek incentives for teachers
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/21/hawaii-news/bills-seek-incentives-for-teachers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Plans To Expand Hawaiian Language Studies In Schools Stall 0 Most educators, parents and teachers approve of broader access to olelo Hawaii learning while acknowledging the challenges around implementation.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/plans-to-expand-hawaiian-language-studies-in-schools-stall/
USDA raises meal reimbursement rate for Hawaii’s kids
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/19/hawaii-news/usda-raises-meal-reimbursement-rate-for-hawaiis-kids/
HCC unveils new student-support center
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/18/hawaii-news/hcc-unveils-new-student-support-center/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Brief religious observances by Hawaii’s school employees are OK’d
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/17/hawaii-news/brief-religious-observances-by-hawaiis-school-employees-are-okd/
UH law school announces new online, part-time JD flex program
UH law school announces new online, part-time JD flex program University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law announced the launch of a new...
How Hawaii Students Perform on the ACT Compared to the Nation
Roughly 1.3 million graduating high school students in 2022 - 36% of the total - sat down for the ACT...
Free community college?
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/15/hawaii-news/free-community-college/
Key state senators call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to resign
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/12/hawaii-news/key-state-senators-call-for-uh-president-lassner-to-resign/
