Education

Hawaii’s Search For A New School Chief Will Take Longer Than Expected … The state Board of Education plans to use local grant money to hire the National Association of State Boards of Education to help facilitate the search.

October 19, 2021 0

The state Board of Education has decided to partially outsource the search for a new superintendent by using $150,000 in...

Enrollment increases at UH-Hilo

October 17, 2021 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/10/16/hawaii-news/enrollment-increases-at-uh-hilo/

Special Ed Students Have Been ‘Left Out’ From Distance Learning in Hawaii … Advocates say the statewide distance learning program does not adequately provide services for students enrolled in special education.

October 15, 2021 0

With Covid-19 cases spiking in Hawaii in early August, Ka‘iulani Akamine decided the risk was too high to send her...

Hawaii Is Losing More Teachers Than Ever Amid Pandemic Fatigue … A teacher survey from May shows why that may be. Many expressed frustration with longer work hours and a lack of professional development.

October 14, 2021 0

Hawaii had 25% more public school teachers retire or resign during the 2020-21 academic year compared with the previous year,...

Lassner to UH faculty, staff, students: Prepare to be on campus next spring

October 14, 2021 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/10/14/hawaii-news/lassner-to-uh-faculty-staff-students-prepare-to-be-on-campus-next-spring/

Scholarship created to support library science majors

October 13, 2021 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/10/13/features/scholarship-created-to-support-library-science-majors/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Improvements ongoing at two Hilo schools

October 13, 2021 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/10/13/hawaii-news/improvements-ongoing-at-two-hilo-schools/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaiʻi’s public education must include honest lessons of racism and oppression, past and present

October 9, 2021 0

Manufactured attacks on critical race theory aim to dismantle ongoing efforts to provide an equitable education for all keiki Posted:...

HIDOE takes no action on pandemic grievances, citing suspension of collective bargaining law

October 8, 2021 0

The Hawaii State Department of Education has notified the Hawaii State Teachers Association that it will “take no further action”...

School’s permit request advances: Planning commission votes 4-1 to support Connections’ project

October 8, 2021 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/10/08/hawaii-news/schools-permit-request-advances-planning-commission-votes-4-1-to-support-connections-project/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaii schools warn against ‘devious licks’ social media trend

October 7, 2021 0

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawaii-schools-warn-against-devious-licks-social-media-trend/

Help wanted: Substitute teacher shortage stretches Hawaii public schools thin

October 6, 2021 0

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/help-wanted-substitute-teacher-shortage-stretches-hawaii-public-schools-thin/

Lanai School Gets Hawaiian Immersion Classroom … The creation of a Hawaiian language immersion program comes seven years after a Lanai mother filed a lawsuit against the DOE.

October 6, 2021 0

Lanai High and Elementary established its first-ever Hawaiian language immersion classroom this school year, seven years after a Lanai parent...

Understanding the story: Kona Pacific PCS students take on the Legend of Makoa

October 6, 2021 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2021/10/06/hawaii-news/understanding-the-story-kona-pacific-pcs-students-take-on-the-legend-of-makoa/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Parents Say DOE’s Effort To Create Distance Learning For Hawaiian Immersion Is Overdue …A scramble to establish a Hawaiian language immersion distance program this year for families concerned about Covid-19 only began after parents complained.

October 4, 2021 0

An Aug. 27 letter from Puohala Elementary Principal Ikaika Plunkett to families enrolled in the school’s Hawaiian language immersion program...

Plans unveiled to unsnarl traffic near two Hilo schools

October 1, 2021 0

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/10/01/hawaii-news/plans-unveiled-to-unsnarl-traffic-near-two-hilo-schools/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaii public schools gear up for COVID-19 testing program

September 30, 2021 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/09/30/hawaii-news/hawaii-public-schools-gear-up-for-covid-19-testing-program/

Have To Stay Home From School Due To Covid Quarantine? You’re Excused …0 The Hawaii Department of Education revised its attendance policy but didn’t say whether kids kept home because their parents fear Covid exposure would also be excused.

September 28, 2021 0

Kids who miss school because of officially directed quarantine or isolation from Covid-19 will have their absences marked as “excused”...

Mary Boland, the longest-serving dean in University of Hawaii history, nears retirement

September 26, 2021 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/09/26/features/mary-boland-the-longest-serving-dean-in-university-of-hawaii-history-nears-retirement/

A growing number of Hawaii parents turn to home schooling

September 26, 2021 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/09/26/hawaii-news/a-growing-number-of-hawaii-parents-turn-to-home-schooling/

Education

Hawaii’s Search For A New School Chief Will Take Longer Than Expected … The state Board of Education plans to use local grant money to hire the National Association of State Boards of Education to help facilitate the search.

Enrollment increases at UH-Hilo

Special Ed Students Have Been ‘Left Out’ From Distance Learning in Hawaii … Advocates say the statewide distance learning program does not adequately provide services for students enrolled in special education.

Hawaii Is Losing More Teachers Than Ever Amid Pandemic Fatigue … A teacher survey from May shows why that may be. Many expressed frustration with longer work hours and a lack of professional development.

Lassner to UH faculty, staff, students: Prepare to be on campus next spring

Scholarship created to support library science majors

Improvements ongoing at two Hilo schools

Hawaiʻi’s public education must include honest lessons of racism and oppression, past and present

HIDOE takes no action on pandemic grievances, citing suspension of collective bargaining law

School’s permit request advances: Planning commission votes 4-1 to support Connections’ project

Hawaii schools warn against ‘devious licks’ social media trend

Help wanted: Substitute teacher shortage stretches Hawaii public schools thin

Lanai School Gets Hawaiian Immersion Classroom … The creation of a Hawaiian language immersion program comes seven years after a Lanai mother filed a lawsuit against the DOE.

Understanding the story: Kona Pacific PCS students take on the Legend of Makoa

Parents Say DOE’s Effort To Create Distance Learning For Hawaiian Immersion Is Overdue …A scramble to establish a Hawaiian language immersion distance program this year for families concerned about Covid-19 only began after parents complained.

Plans unveiled to unsnarl traffic near two Hilo schools

Hawaii public schools gear up for COVID-19 testing program

Have To Stay Home From School Due To Covid Quarantine? You’re Excused …0 The Hawaii Department of Education revised its attendance policy but didn’t say whether kids kept home because their parents fear Covid exposure would also be excused.

Mary Boland, the longest-serving dean in University of Hawaii history, nears retirement

A growing number of Hawaii parents turn to home schooling

College Student Saves Three Girls From Drowning After Spotting Them Struggling in Lake Washington

Hawaiʻi Ag Leaders Planned To Oust Official Despite Public Praise Agribusiness Development Corp. Executive Director Wendy Gady resigned days after the agency’s board celebrated progress.

World-Traveling Hawaiʻi Bureaucrat Arranged $30M In Tech Contracts A Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement official identified tech companies that impressed him at conferences about policing and surveillance. He later got a job with one of them.

‘Our expectations are high’: Konawaena football hungry for new season

Police Arrest Ocean View Man for Custodial Interference and Drug Offenses

Second Annual HI-PAL Youth Music Showcase to Incorporate Hurricane Lala Relief Fundraiser

Major transmission line restored as Hawaiian Electric returns power to Pāhala

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

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