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Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
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HB459: The Science and Politics of Casual Sex
By News Release @ 12:09 PM :: 8191 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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...Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium on Thursday, April 16th @ 7 PM....
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Ige Nominates Suzanne Case to DLNR, Names Three to School Board
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6572 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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Suzanne Case is a 28-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy and has served as its executive director since 2001....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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ADHD in Hawaii: 70% on Prescription Drugs, 61% Get 'Behavioral Therapy'
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 6554 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Drugs
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"The shocking truth is that many of those diagnoses are wrong, and that most of those boys are being drugged for no good reason—simply for being boys."
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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DoE Announces Statewide Graduation Dates for 2015
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 3737 Views :: Education K-12
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Some 10,500 students are expected to graduate from more than 50 public schools in ceremonies happening across the state in late May and early June 2015...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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Hawaii 4th Graders Being Brainwashed Against GMOs
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:14 PM :: 5567 Views :: Education K-12, GMOs
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...Just a few days ago, my 9 year old daughter came home from school and asked me, ”Mom, does GMO corn make holes in rats’ stomachs?”....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Political Fight Over Teachers' Mailboxes
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 PM :: 6099 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...The warning came after elementary schoolteacher Justin Hughey, a candidate for HSTA vice president, tried to distribute a 1-page flyer in Maui High School on March 3.....
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Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
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Amendments Made to Sex Education and Marijuana Dispensary Bills
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 3:51 AM :: 7782 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Drugs
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Below are bills that were heard between Friday, March 20, 2015 and Thursday, March 26, 2015....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Before the Common Core Debacle: HSA Test Scores up 11% Math, 5% Reading
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 6755 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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The College and Career Indicators Report (CCRI) released today by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
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Full Text: 2015 Hawaii Public School Principals' Survey
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 4152 Views :: Education K-12
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...only two in five principals (41%) say they can express concern or critique DOE policies and practices without fear of reprisal, retaliation, or being unfairly evaluated....
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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Illegal Debate--Secret Report: OHA Trustees to Cut Funding for Hawaiian Charter Schools?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 AM :: 7769 Views :: Education K-12, OHA
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"...the very discussion we are having now is illegal...." -- OHA Trustee Peter Apo January 14, 2015
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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How They Voted: Sex, Drugs, and Birth Certificates Cross Over
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 6310 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Drugs
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...House bills will now move through Senate committees and Senate bills will move through House committees....
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates: How They Voted
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 3:41 PM :: 7047 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Politicians
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How did your Representative and Senator vote?
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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Feds: Hawaii DoE a Model for Rest of Country
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 3810 Views :: Education K-12
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...monitoring report praises progress in Hawaii's public school system, from the implementation of high academic standards to supports provided to educators and students....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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DoE 'Anxious': Hawaii Common Core Testing Begins March 10
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 4095 Views :: Education K-12
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...For the first time, educators and parents will be able to compare the performance of students in multiple states based on common standards and assessments....
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 8831 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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The real question: what is the University of Hawaii afraid of?
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
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HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed
By Video @ 7:50 PM :: 6527 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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"We want to encourage parents to always be the ones that are responsible for what their kids are learning in the public school system," Hawaii Family Forum's Eva Andrade said....
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 3:53 AM :: 7258 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Drugs
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...bills that might have negative impacts on families or communities....
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Monday, February 16, 2015 |
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Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
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DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 7021 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...35 schools on Oahu and 15 schools on Kauai....
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Monday, February 9, 2015 |
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$185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 5483 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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House Bill 1240 will bypass the House Committee on Education and is referred solely to the House Committee on Finance....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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DoE Opens Office of Hawaiian Education, Seeks Director
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 3818 Views :: Education K-12
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After spending two years to create a strategic path forward for Hawaiian Education....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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Children in Single-Parent Families Perform Worse on Achievement Tests than Their Two-Parent Peers
By NCPA @ 12:20 PM :: 5409 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Among 15-year-old students in the United States, 20.7 percent live in single-parent families....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Mainland Homosexuals Plan to Use Anti-Bullying Campaign to Penetrate Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 9:47 AM :: 5819 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...we pursue a comprehensive bullying prevention bill and legislation to make it easier for trans folks to get proper (sic) birth certificates in the spring legislative session....
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
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US Senate Votes Unanimously to Recognize January 25-31 as National School Choice Week
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 3891 Views :: Education K-12
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There are 65 National School Choice Week events and counting in Hawaii....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 11336 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...the trends of the last decade will be prologue for a nation not at risk, but a nation in decline.…"
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 10:22 PM :: 5680 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“This new and better approach has hardly taken hold, but the State Legislature’s Keiki Caucus is already planning to attack it.”
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 3847 Views :: Education K-12
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At that point—and hopefully sooner—all students should have transferred to other schools....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 9977 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Economy, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Top concerns include the state economy, education, the Hawaii Health Connector, oversight of the Public Utilities Commission in light of the Hawaiian Electric Industries/NextEra merger, and positively affecting the cost of living for Hawaii residents....
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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DoE: "We Expect Lower Test Scores"
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 5590 Views :: Education K-12
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Students were given a letter to take home to their parents as a reminder ....
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Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
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Education Week Quality Counts: Hawaii Ranks 23rd in USA
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 4161 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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The 2015 edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts report—Preparing to Launch: Early Childhood’s Academic Countdown....
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Friday, December 19, 2014 |
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Reforming No Child Left Behind
By NCPA @ 4:51 PM :: 4318 Views :: Education K-12
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...reauthorization of the program must be accompanied by major reforms....
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Monday, December 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii Teens #1 in E-Cigarette Use
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 5979 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Study sheds new light on e-cigarette behaviors in teens as regulators consider curbing sales to minors....
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 |
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Legislation Lets States Cut Ties Between Common Core and Federal Grants
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 PM :: 4115 Views :: Education K-12
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...legislation to prohibit the federal government from “mandating, incentivizing or coercing” states to adopt the national education standards known as Common Core....
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Monday, December 8, 2014 |
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Education Reform: Kelii Akina Interviews Darrel Galera, Roberta Mayor
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:34 PM :: 5504 Views :: Education K-12
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina speaks with Darrel Galera (President) and Roberta Mayor (Board Member) of the Hawaii Center for Instructional Leadership about their work to reform education in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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Report: 63% of Hawaii Charter Schools Fall Below Academic Performance Standards
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 4009 Views :: Education K-12
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Notably, five of the eleven highest performing public high schools in the state and two of the four highest-performing middle schools, as measured by Strive HI, are charter schools....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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DoE Leaders Embrace Education Reform Proposals
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 5258 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“Race to the Top was very prescriptive. It was tremendously important change, but now we have to ask ourselves, ‘How can we change more collaboratively?’”
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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182 Days: BOE Adopts Teacher-Proposed School Calendar for School Year 2015-2016
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5179 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The BOE was set to approve a calendar submitted by the DOE until teachers presented their proposals....
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Friday, November 28, 2014 |
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Dawn Ige Addresses Education Conference
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 6981 Views :: Education K-12
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Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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University of Hawaii won’t talk about sex education program
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:45 PM :: 7679 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...researchers are asking 11-year-olds whether they’ve had sex, how many partners they’ve had and if they’ve had anal sex...."
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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UH: Pono Choices Secretly Part of "Human Subject Research"
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 8538 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii DoE 'Ahead of the Curve' on Data Governance
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5278 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...the number of states sharing teacher performance information with educator preparation programs has more than tripled....
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
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U.S. Air Force Colonel joins DOE leadership team
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 4103 Views :: Education K-12
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From 2011 to 2013, Carlson was the deputy joint base commander at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....
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Monday, November 17, 2014 |
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Punahou Thanks David Ige for His Financial Contributions
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 7039 Views :: Education K-12, Politicians
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Does this mean the Ige administration will break from the HSTA and propose a publicly funded voucher program so we can all give taxpayer money to private schools?
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Teachers Unions Oppose Teacher Accountability Standards in Common Core
By NCPA @ 5:21 PM :: 5213 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Proposed reforms to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) threaten teacher accountability....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Project AWARE: DoE Awarded $12.7M for Federal Anti-Bullying Program
By News Release @ 12:34 AM :: 5217 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Staff from three complex areas will receive training and assistance....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii taxpayers would spend millions on private preschools if amendment passes
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:23 AM :: 4126 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii prohibits government funding of private preschools, but that may change Tuesday....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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DoE Enrollment Drops Under New Kindergarten Plan
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 4936 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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ALEC: Hawaii Educational Progress Ranks 6th in USA
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 5908 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....
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