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
Education
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/
Helemano Elementary’s Caraulia chosen as counselor of the year
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/12/hawaii-news/helemano-elementarys-caraulia-chosen-as-counselor-of-the-year/
Why Blind Students Struggle To Get Braille Textbooks On Time 0 Legislators are considering a bill that would force public schools to provide timely instructional material.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/why-blind-students-struggle-to-get-braille-textbooks-on-time/
Uproar over possible charter school move premature, UH officials say
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/08/hawaii-news/uproar-over-possible-charter-school-move-premature-uh-officials-say/
Community Schools Would Get A Boost In Hawaii Under Proposed Legislation 0 The bill would require the state DOE to provide grants as part of a two-year pilot program to test the concept.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/community-schools-would-get-a-boost-in-hawaii-under-proposed-legislation/
Bill proposes making Native Hawaiian language a required course
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/06/hawaii-news/bill-proposes-making-native-hawaiian-language-a-required-course/
Bill aims to ease licensing process for out-of-state educators
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/06/hawaii-news/bill-aims-to-ease-licensing-process-for-out-of-state-educators/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Securing Big Isle schools
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/05/hawaii-news/securing-big-isle-schools/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Strategic plan outline for Hawaii’s public schools is OK’d
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/03/hawaii-news/strategic-plan-outline-for-hawaiis-public-schools-is-okd/
Hawaii Legislature: Inside The Push To Make School Meals Free In Hawaii 0 A growing number of states are looking for ways to make free meals a permanent part of public education.
Hawaii lawmakers are weighing multiple proposals to address the gap between the number of students who are currently eligible for...
Severe weather closes 5 public schools on Molokai for today
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/01/29/breaking-news/severe-weather-closes-5-public-schools-on-molokai-for-monday/
Why School Enrollment Declines Are A ‘Significant Concern’ In Hawaii 0 Hawaii is on track to have fewer students enrolled in state-run schools by 2027 than at any point since the early years of statehood.
A decade after Queen Lydia Liliuokalani Elementary School closed its doors because of low enrollment, the ripple effects the closure...
