Education K-12

• Thursday, July 31 5:45 PM to 8:00 PM 
• Japanese Cultural Centeri Manoa Ballroom

As your Governor, I will work with the Board to immediately place a hold on the components of the Educator Effectiveness System....

Interested participants must register online by Sept. 19 to provide input on the new Hawaii Common Core-aligned assessments....

...the initiative is helping to reduce burden on teachers, increase student engagement and responsibility, and improve parents’ support of public schools....

The guidelines allow families to determine whether they are eligible to apply for free and reduced-price meal benefits for their children....

This year, the state says project enrollment is about 10,500. Last year, enrollment was about 16,600....

IDEA mandates that the Department must take specific actions, which can include requiring the state to prepare a corrective action plan, enter into a compliance agreement or, ultimately, withholding a portion of the state’s funding....

The top districts for paying teachers with a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience are Chicago ($62,046), New York ($52,278), Hawaii ($50,728)....

...principals’ predictions are dismal partially because tests for the newly implemented Common Core curriculum will be more rigorous....

Eighty-eight percent of Hawaii’s public school principals reported in a recent survey they are “extremely dissatisfied” with Matayoshi’s leadership....

Statewide, 16.9% of public HS students had seriously considered attempting suicide during the 12 months before the survey....

A California state judge ruled on Tuesday that granting a teacher tenure after less than two years in a teaching position is unconstitutional....

...We will make necessary adjustments that continue to align with the most up-to-date research and practices regarding medical accuracy and age appropriateness to ensure the use of Pono Choices for the upcoming school year....

...one-third of families did opt out at Niu Valley Middle School....

The changes reflect the DOE’s commitment to reduce burden on teachers and administrators....

After a recruitment and selection process of nearly two months, the Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is announcing a new Deputy Superintendent’s Principal Roundtable....

"I see that several of the points that we made in our January 31st McDermott Report are being addressed," said McDermott....

Some school principals are asking the State Board of Education to remove Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi and her deputy, Ronn Nozoe....

A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....

The program is intended to serve 420 children who qualify based on income....

...Parents are right to complain about curricula or tests they don’t like, Lingle said. “But that’s not what the Common Core is.”....

...data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2012-2013 school year....

...Grassroot President Keli’i Akina speaks with Robert Alt, President of the Buckeye Institute....

The report indicates improvements by public school students at every step of the college-readiness pipeline....

...the budget specifically appropriates $300,000 of general obligation bond funds toward design ... another $2 million is appropriated for the actual construction of an air conditioning system....

Establishes a rewards and recognition program (RRP) for the last two years (sort of)....

Graduation dates begin in May 18 with the ceremonies for Pahoa on Hawaii Island....

...residents in Hawaii took a dim view of their own schools, with only 46% ranking them as excellent or good....

Participation in a robust summer learning program substantially reduces the achievement gap....

The 2008 Legislature amended the Auditor’s governing statute to require follow-up reporting on recommendations made in various audit reports....

"...the EES is a work in progress, and teachers feel that more needs to be done so that the EES can help improve the practice of teaching...." -- Wil Okabe, HSTA

...atheists are once again falsely accusing the two churches, One Love Ministries and Calvary Chapel Central Oahu, of defrauding the government even though the court dismissed their claims earlier this year....

"Let's hope the legislative carping isn't a sign that teachers are trying to worm out of evaluations they agreed to in order to get pay raises, just as they once before reneged on drug tests...."

In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity....

Hawaii’s public schools can be a model for the nation, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan...

...highlighting education proposals, spending, and reforms....

Working in secret and overflowing with liberals....

Since his call for transparency, McDermott says the secrecy has gotten worse....

...Rep. Bob McDermott has asked the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center’s top administrators....

Students in grades 3-8 and 11 at 91 schools statewide will participate in the field test of the new Smarter Balanced assessments....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is receiving high praise from the U.S. Department of Education....

...Executive Office on Early Learning Director GG Weisenfeld was joined by state legislators, preschoolers, community groups and business representatives....

... McDermott says the payment of "stipends" to Hawaii teachers, for delivering SPLC's version of "Tolerance Training" breaks the law ....

...to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools....

More than 120 Makua (parents), kapuna (grandparents) and aunties and uncles on the rural island of Molokai joined together at the Kalanianaole Hall to hear the truth about Pono Choices....

The Obama Administration has incentivized states to accept national education standards—called Common Core—with billions in federal grants and waivers from the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind....

...Southern Poverty Law Center will pay teachers $250 to attend the training....