Hilo student awarded $10K scholarship
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/28/features/community-connection/hilo-student-awarded-10k-scholarship/
Education
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/
Keauhou Canoe Club awards 3 scholarships
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/16/sports/keauhou-canoe-club-awards-3-scholarships/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
DOE Called For 12 New Schools In ‘Ewa A Decade Ago. It’s Built 2 The education department has been unable to keep up with the housing boom in ʻEwa and Kapolei – even as developers contribute land and money to help build new schools.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/doe-called-for-12-new-schools-in-ewa-a-decade-ago-its-built-2/
Free meals for keiki offered at 15 Big Island schools
The schools on Hawaii Island participating in the SSO program this summer are: Hilo High; Honoka‘a High and Intermediate; Kapi‘olani...
Hawaii’s math teaching deemed ‘unacceptable’
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/06/07/hawaii-news/hawaiis-math-teaching-deemed-unacceptable/
Waimea Athletics awards first college scholarship
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/05/29/sports/waimea-athletics-awards-first-college-scholarship/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation Hawaiʻi requires high school seniors pay off school debts before donning a cap and gown. Not all families can afford to.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/lunch-debt-and-book-fines-are-the-last-barriers-to-graduation/
Hawaiʻi Lacks Resources For Homeless College Students The effort to help struggling students at the University of Hawaiʻi is led by volunteer faculty and staff. Other states allocate money to help college students alleviate hardships.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/hawai%ca%bbi-lacks-resources-for-homeless-college-students/
How UH Is Trying To Hold Onto Hawaiʻi’s High School Grads Federal data shows a decline in students staying home for college. The University of Hawaiʻi is trying to reverse that trend.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/how-uh-is-trying-to-hold-onto-hawai%ca%bbis-high-school-grads/
Eric Stinton: Students Need A Better Reason Not To Cheat Using AI Kids have been told the purpose of an education is to get ahead. Now is the time to rethink the value of classroom learning.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/eric-stinton-students-need-a-better-reason-not-to-cheat-using-ai/
Student Debt Puts Hawaiʻi’s Older Adults At Risk Of Social Security Cuts People who stopped paying their student loans during the Covid-19 pandemic could soon start facing reductions in their monthly Social Security benefits.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/student-debt-puts-hawai%ca%bbis-older-adults-at-risk-of-social-security-cuts/
2025 Kaukau for Keiki – Program Dates Upcoming Registration Dates
2025 Kaukau for Keiki - Program Dates Upcoming Registration Dates Hawaiʻi Island — Vibrant Hawaiʻi is proud to continue...
Can Learning Cursive Help Kids Read Better? Policymakers Think It’s Worth A Try Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/can-learning-cursive-help-kids-read-better-policymakers-think-its-worth-a-try/
DOE Looks To Expand Leadership Team Amid Bus Shortages And Facility Woes State education leaders say creating a new assistant superintendent position could improve operations, but the department is close to doubling the number of top leadership posts since 2012.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/doe-looks-to-expand-leadership-team-amid-bus-shortages-and-facility-woes/
Kohala High School students win 3rd annual Kalo Challenge (photos)
Kohala High School students win 3rd annual Kalo Challenge WAHIAWĀ — Students from Kohala High School’s alternative learning program, Na‘au...
