Education K-12

One hundred percent of Maryknoll High School seniors have been accepted to colleges....

... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....

These meetings are part of the ongoing outreach effort in the updating of the Strategic Plan....

...in Hawaii, parents aren’t allowed to send their children to a different school unless they get a rare district exemption....

...why it's so expensive to cool Hawaii schools....

Andrew Santos, President of Admor HVAC, presented the State Department of Education an April 20 offer to Cool Schools at $5990 per classroom....

Each event is offered free of charge and will run from 5 to 7 p.m....

...the high bids will be used to make lower—but still exorbitant--second round bids look good by comparison....

Since March, the number of prequalified contractors has increased from 18 to 36 as HIDOE prepares to put projects back out to bid....

...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....

"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."

All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....

...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....

Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....

Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....

...Kenneth Uemura will fill the City and County of Honolulu seat currently held by Amy Asselbaye....

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is administered in odd-numbered years to Hawai‘i public school students in grades 6–12....

... for Asian-Americans the Hawaii Graduation rate is 6th-lowest in USA ....

...Government Contracting Explained: How Air Conditioning Costs $100K Per Classroom....

...Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m....

...what the powers that be look for when they pick the the future generations of leadership for Hawaii....

"Discarding standardized testing in teacher evaluations"

The dispute began when the painters and glazers’ union complained to the State Contractors License Board that the contractors hired to renovate Lanakila Elementary School in 2005 were installing jalousie windows....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has released its Annual Financial Audit for the 2015 fiscal year....

In Hawaii, this is the first year the Executive Office on Early Learning’s pre-K program was included in the report....

Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....

Roosevelt said: "A chicken in every pot."  Obama says: "A tranny in every bathroom."

...Otherwise we shall be stuck with chaos and an embarrassment in two years....

...The 2016 National College Education Program Rankings have been released by ToBecomeATeacher.org....

Forced exactions to fund our government don’t always come from taxing agencies....

...an emergency appropriation of $100 million to fund equipment and installation costs for air conditioning, heat abatement measures and related energy efficiency measures....

...the 19 members discussed innovation and empowerment as the team starts work to create the blueprint for public education in Hawai‘i....

For the second consecutive year, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) will issue a specialized assessment to Hawaiian immersion students....

...legislators are allowed to simply carve up the Capitol Improvement Budget by political favoritism....

...Child care for a 4-year-old costs an average of $776 each month....

...The Strategic Plan, which was last updated in 2012, is a combined effort to further develop comprehensive strategies focused on three foundational goals of quality education: Student Success, Staff Success and Successful Systems of Support....

Representative Bob McDermott discusses the building of a new school for Ewa Beach with Kurt Fevella President at The Ewa Beach Lions Club....

...classes are available to eligible children at 19 public elementary schools....

We reviewed 28,561 U.S. public high schools; 17 Hawaii schools made our rankings....

...2016 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....

Ige has appointed Darrel Galera as chairman of the Governor’s ESSA team....

...teacher unions are flat out against this because they do not want their members held accountable....

...Planned Parenthood Receives Overwhelming Support by Hawaii's Senators....

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate....

School by school reports...

...“Sometimes you have to make waves to catch a wave,” said McDermott....

Hawaii is requesting a waiver from the US Dept. of Education....

...designing an assessment that can support a broader and culturally accurate definition of student success in Hawaii....