UH Hilo receives nearly $24M in external funding
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/07/hawaii-news/uh-hilo-receives-nearly-24m-in-external-funding/
Education
Schools Ask Families To Spend Big On Supplies As Kids Go Back To Class Schools often request more than $150 worth of supplies at the start of each year. Unlike some other states, Hawaiʻi has no rule against it.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/schools-ask-families-to-spend-big-on-supplies-as-kids-go-back-to-class/
Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Parents Are Giving Schools A Better Grade School surveys show an uptick in parent satisfaction with the school system, although response rates remain low.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/data-dive-hawaii-parents-are-giving-schools-a-better-grade/
Proposed preschool next to ‘Imiloa clears another hurdle
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/proposed-preschool-next-to-imiloa-clears-another-hurdle/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
College Students In Hawaiʻi Could Lose Access To Federal Loans An estimated 1 in 6 community college students are enrolled in programs at risk of losing federal loan eligibility if UH can’t prove graduates earn more than residents with a high school diploma.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/college-students-in-hawai%ca%bbi-could-lose-access-to-federal-loans/
UH-Hilo athletics: Vulcans continue to set new academic benchmarks
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/25/sports/uh-hilo-athletics-vulcans-continue-to-set-new-academic-benchmarks/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
HIDOE anticipates improved start to school bus service when school year begins
HIDOE anticipates improved start to school bus service when school year begins HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education...
Search Begins For New Kamehameha Schools Trustee Trustees earn up to $186,000. Applications are due Sept. 1.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/search-begins-for-new-kamehameha-schools-trustee/
Hawaiʻi After-School Programs In Limbo Due To Trump Funding Freeze The state Department of Education told after-school programs to start the year as normal and is making contingency plans for if millions in frozen education grants are never awarded.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/hawai%ca%bbi-after-school-programs-in-limbo-trump-funding-freeze/
Honolulu CC invites community to celebrate Indigenous education
Honolulu CC invites community to celebrate Indigenous education Honolulu Community College ʻAha Kūkalahale 2025 Honolulu Community College invites the...
LUC to consider expansion of University of the Nations in Kona
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/08/hawaii-news/luc-to-consider-expansion-of-university-of-the-nations-in-kona/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Data Dive: Only Half Of Hawaiʻi High School Seniors Apply For Financial Aid The state has seen a boost recently in the application rate for federal financial aid, but it still falls short of its pre-pandemic level.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/half-hawaii-high-school-seniors-apply-financial-aid/
AI integration drives new approaches in isle education
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/07/hawaii-news/ai-integration-drives-new-approaches-in-isle-education/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
DOE Faces Big Funding Shortfall For School Repairs And Construction Lawmakers are wary about giving the education department more money and control over construction funds after leaders have struggled to spend millions of dollars in recent years.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/doe-faces-big-funding-shortfall-for-school-repairs-and-construction/
Hilo student awarded $10K scholarship
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/28/features/community-connection/hilo-student-awarded-10k-scholarship/
How Hawaiʻi’s School Transfer System Leaves Students Behind Geographic exceptions were intended to give families more flexibility with their children’s education, but the process may be exacerbating educational inequality.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/hawaii-school-transfer-system-leaves-students-behind/
Luke signs bills expanding preschool eligibility
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/25/hawaii-news/luke-signs-bills-expanding-preschool-eligibility/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Data Dive: Why New Hawaiʻi Teachers Can’t Afford To Buy A House The cost of renting and purchasing a home in Honolulu has grown at three times the rate of first-year teachers’ salaries since 2019.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/data-dive-why-new-hawai%ca%bbi-teachers-cant-afford-to-buy-a-house/
State announces addition of 50 preschool classrooms
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/18/hawaii-news/state-announces-addition-of-50-preschool-classrooms/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Denby Fawcett: UH Professors Turn To Handwritten Exams To Thwart AI Cheating Low-tech “blue books” offer a way to curb high-tech chatbot cribbing.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/denby-fawcett-uh-professors-turn-to-handwritten-exams-to-thwart-ai-cheating/
