Hawaii public school officials report 1,800+ teacher absences; Chaminade joins shift to virtual classes
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At least 8 Hawaii charter schools go virtual or extend break due to COVID-19
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800 Hawaii Teachers Call Out Sick In A Single Day … Some schools had to deploy other staff to monitor students as the state Department of Education sought to avoid closures.
Hawaii’s public schools grappled with staffing shortages as 12% of the teaching force was absent on Wednesday, three days after...
Students return to Hawaii public school classrooms amid omicron surge
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DOE: In-person learning to resume following winter break
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/12/30/hawaii-news/doe-in-person-learning-to-resume-following-winter-break/
UH puts brakes on in-person instruction
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/12/29/hawaii-news/uh-puts-brakes-on-in-person-instruction/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
University of Hawaii moving most courses online for first 2 weeks of spring semester
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/12/28/breaking-news/uh-moving-most-courses-online-for-the-first-two-weeks-of-spring-semester/
UH-Hilo holds in-person commencement for 233 students
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/12/19/hawaii-news/uh-hilo-holds-in-person-commencement-for-233-students/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Nearly 20% of Hawaii high school students not on track to graduate
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Hawaii Schools See An Uptick In Covid-19 Cases… The numbers remain relatively low but raise concern about a possible surge ahead of the two-week winter break.
As the first half of the school year draws to a close, data from the Hawaii Department of Education is...
Why So Many Hawaii Families Are Opting Out Of The Public School System … Private school enrollment rose to 33,540 as of Oct. 1, compared with 31,987 in 2020-21, according to the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools.
Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, some Hawaii families who decided to pull their kids out of the public...
COVID Brings More Students to Hawaii
States with largest student transfer-in rates amid pandemic From StudentLoanHero,com There were 10 states where the number of students transferring into...
How Does Hawaii’s DOE Deal With Teachers Accused Of Misconduct? … One teacher was fired four months after being sentenced in a criminal case.
In May 2017 a Waiakea Intermediate special education teacher was accused of striking a student with a back scratcher multiple...
Keaau student will earn HCC degree before graduating high school
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/12/06/hawaii-news/keaau-student-will-earn-hcc-degree-before-graduating-high-school/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
How Bilingual Books Are Helping Pacific Islander Students Learn English 0 The expansion of locally published children’s books comes as Hawaii schools try to promote multilingualism.
A local independent publishing house has released a new collection of bilingual learn-to-read books geared toward Pacific Islander native speakers...
Puainako pick-up lanes help, ‘but I don’t think this is the solution’ for school traffic
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Program offers training in politics, nonprofit advocacy
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‘It’s truly an honor to be the first graduates’: Three complete hospice nurse residency
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/11/23/hawaii-news/its-truly-an-honor-to-be-the-first-graduates-three-complete-hospice-nurse-residency/
This Oahu Charter School Just Lost Out On $1.4 Million In State Funding 15 Kamalani Academy’s enrollment has grown but the Hawaii charter school commission says it can’t count roughly half the students.
An Oahu charter school more than doubled its student enrollment between the start of the school year and October by...
Most Hawaii elementary and middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind, testing shows
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/11/19/hawaii-news/most-hawaii-elementary-and-middle-schoolers-are-at-least-one-grade-level-behind-testing-shows/
