Education K-12

... ​increasing number of students projected to return to in-person learning during the fourth quarter ....

... HR148 to change McKinley High School’s name back to Honolulu High School will be heard by the House Committee on Education on Thursday, March 18, at 2 p.m. ....

... restarting student athletic programming for high schools beginning Monday ....

... Each of HSTA's '12 reasons' boils down to the same one thing: Kishimoto was slightly slow and reluctant to go along with HSTA's plan to shut down all schools and pay teachers full salary while letting them pretend to 'work' from home ....

"...allow additional flexibility for our schools beyond virtual options in bringing our graduates together for this momentous occasion...."

... We need to start recognizing that this “dedicated funding source” rhetoric is taking us down the wrong path ....

... your kid is a racist at age 3, but we can help (for a small fee of course) .... 

... Over 12,000 Hawai‘i students in grades 9 through 12 participated in the 2019 survey ....

... HIDOE still taking names of those interested in shots ....

... 'shortage differentials' were paid beginning January 7, 2020, for one year only.  Extending them into 2021 is tantamount to a Pay Hike ....

... HGEA members are being left alone to supervise students in learning hubs while some teachers are able to work from home or remain isolated in their classrooms ....

...This represents about $123 million dollars that we can now restore to our public-school classrooms....

... As a service to our readers we are providing a line-by-line debunk of HSTA's argument in parenthesis below ....

... The post caused a stir among some lawmakers during the Legislature’s opening day ....

... Aloha State Parents Find New Ways to Celebrate Learning, Support Opportunity for All ....

...other school employees will begin to get access to vaccines on a regular basis toward the end of January and early February....

... EIH believes that transparency is the first necessary step to transform Hawaii’s over-centralized public school system into an empowered system that is schools-centered and allows education professionals closest to the children to determine how best to meet children’s needs ....

... Will furloughs affect my “high three” .... 

... this bill would clarify Title IX protection for female athletes is based on biological sex ....

…roughly 1 in 10 secondary students received a failing grade in English or math during the first quarter. But about 25% of high school students and 6% of middle school students had no grades recorded at all in English and math….

...More than 200 Hawaii businesses and nonprofit organizations are currently offering over 200 opportunities to participating schools on ClimbHI Bridge....

...Yes, HSTA is a one-note band ....

... four schools decided to discontinue Acellus because they heard assertions that it was racist and sexist.  The discontinuation led 421 kids to pull out of Hawaii public schools and join the company's Kansas City distance learning schools for Acellus ....

...The DOE said the federal waiver does not apply to the current 2020-21 school year....

... Department to phase out use of Acellus in all schools by the end of the 2020-21 school year ....

...teleworking for all staff, effective Wednesday, Nov. 4 through Wednesday, Nov. 11, with school facilities expected to reopen Nov. 12....

...16% decrease in the number of students taking the exam and exams taken during the pandemic....

... J.R. was being bullied by an HPD officer’s son. One day in November 2018, J.R. was forced into a fight with the officer’s son at school. The next day, that same HPD officer showed up to J.R.’s school, and—in full view of teachers and students—arrested J.R. ....

... Last month, the Hawai‘i Department of Health issued a comprehensive, 28-page guidance document for public and charter schools ....

...Program Would Be Open To All Hawaii Children Facing A Safety Issue At School....

...Updated Complex by Complex elementary, middle/intermediate, and high school models for the reopening of the 2020-21 year....

...With only a few working computers left, it was time to reach out for help.... 

...The proposed rule would require the Department to hold a community meeting and solicit family and community feedback before providing official comment on proposed developments....

... similar to sandwich lease schemes common during the Broken Trust days ....

...max EBT of $286 per kid....

...Survey in Hawaii Finds: 55% Believe Something Like the Holocaust Could Happen Again; 65% Cannot Identify How Many Jews Were Killed During the Holocaust; 55% Cannot Name a Concentration Camp, Death Camp, or Ghetto....

...Hawaii's public and charter schools combined enrollment for school year 2020-21 totals 174,704 students, compared to 179,331 last year, a difference of 2.6 percent....

...Hawaii shows the largest disparity in weekly teacher interactions between more-educated and less-educated households. The gap for the nation is roughly 8%, while the gap for Hawaii is nearly 54%....

... Confirmed positive cases for the week of Aug. 22-28 include nine employees, five students, four service providers and two parents, due to the level of interaction that occurred at a HIDOE facility, for a total of 20 ....

...As many of our questions echo those being asked by the public and public officials, it is unreasonable for DOE to refuse our requests about their safety and health guidelines....

... first quarter ends Oct 2 ....

...and 30.6 percent of middle school students....

...Cases currently being investigated are not included in the count and will be reported in the following weeks....

...Every Friday, DOE to inform families about COVID cases by complex area, not by campus....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....

...Public schools on Kaua‘i, Hawaiʻi Island, and Maui County – with the exception of Moloka‘i schools and Hāna High & Elementary – will transition to full distance learning for the first four weeks of the 2020-21 school year....

...In the last 11 days, there have been at least nine campuses with coronavirus cases in which some staff were quarantined and campuses were closed....

...Starting on Aug. 17, all O'ahu public schools will be implementing full distance learning models....

"...One-hundred percent virtual instruction will allow many of these teachers to remain on the job...."