Education K-12

The famously traditional Island of Stone Money is sending top students to a high tech global robotics competition....

...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers’ union....

Maybe the Hawaii DoE will stop suing disabled children now?

...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....

...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....

“The Search Committee appreciates the forthright statements of a public that is unafraid to speak up and who is passionate about the education of our students...."

The "shall make sufficient sums available" language is used in one more place in our constitution. It's in Article XII, Section 1, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....

DBEDT is measuring dollars not taxpayers. One out-of-state owner of a shopping mall, golf course, or hotel equals 1000s of individual local homeowners....

“Recent developments led the Foundation to have deep concerns that one candidate may have an unfair advantage over other applicants."

...this policy likely would backfire and make all housing in the islands more expensive....

...Ige appointed Galera to the BOE in October 2016. Galera has also served as the chairperson for the Governor’s ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) Team since its inception in April 2016....

...What color is your golden parachute?....

 ...$9,450 a year more without spending a penny....

Maunakea Scholars is an innovative program designed to bring Hawaiʻi’s young, aspiring astronomers into the observatory community by competitively allocating observing time on Maunakea’s world-class telescopes....

...Randall Roth comments on two stories on the DoE investigation into education reform advocate John Sosa which ran on KHON Feb 6 and Feb 7....

...UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest....

to lobby for a constitutional amendment that will drastically increase property taxes....

The State kept 10% of the surcharge collected or $25.92 million – which is more than the Department of Taxation’s entire Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget of $24 million....

...an owner of an investment property in Honolulu worth less than half a million dollars can expect to see his (her) combined City and State property tax bill double....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) begins its annual School Quality Survey (SQS) this week....

...every student in Hawaii, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wyoming meets the minimum connectivity goal of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student....

Students, parents and teachers from Lanakila Baptist School held a special event this week to celebrate National School Choice Week....

There are 79 events planned in the Aloha State to raise awareness about K-12 school choice....

The success of today’s students in the future workplace and in our communities requires an absolute reboot of the rigid school system....

...1 special fund, 1 revolving fund, and 1 trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....

Hawaii’s 2017 Highlights Report includes summarized results based on each of the nearly 40 indicators that make up Quality Counts’ overall grading rubric....

...teachers may continue to plan trips and serve as chaperones with private tour companies....

Board approves timeline for Investigative Committee into the search for a new superintendent....

Hawaii Head Start enrolled 3,167 children during the 2014-2015 program year----about 10 percent of the state’s low-income children under age 5....

Charter-wide averages in achievement and growth in English Language Arts, math and science continue to be slightly below the statewide average. However, in college readiness measures charter schools outperform the state....

The top four teams are from Maryknoll, Pearl City, Roosevelt and Waiakea high schools....

...HSTA Asks BoE to Reject Plan....

...She does not support Common Core “period.”....

Completed Vaccination Consent Forms due to Schools by December 16....

There were two important tasks that drew on ancient Hawaiians’ understanding of space and time....

...The HSTA put Ige in office.  In return he is going to get rid of Matayoshi and the tests....

...2015 Science assessment by the National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics....

...Public Hearings November 2 and 3, 2016....

...remediation rates (retaking high-school-level coursework) among students attending the University of Hawaii System are down 8 points in math and 6 points in English in three years....

...OHA Chair’s Charter School Gets Seven Times More Than All Other Charters Combined....

Galera replaces Jim Williams who resigned from the board last month....

...pushed to brink by the lack of urgency, inattention, and lethargic attitude of the named government officials....

Eighty-eight student robotic teams from Hawaii, California, China, and Taiwan participated in the fast-paced and fiercely competitive event....

Politically Connected Board Members....

"We will be taking a close look at our highest achieving schools and determine best practices that can be implemented in schools that need supports."

...51 percent of students tested met or exceeded the achievement standard in ELA, up three percentage points from the previous year....

...you have circumvented the Constitution and laws of our state by appointing your so-called “Governor’s ESSA team.”....

...gains on the Advanced Placement Program Exams over the year prior....

...job pressures, low pay and lack of mobility force many teachers to quit soon after they start....