Education K-12

...The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) permits students to transfer to another public school but only if their current public school meets the state definition of a “persistently dangerous” school....

...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....

...the DOE began taking action after the current system — which has been in place since 1991 — experienced an outage in October 2018 that lasted several weeks, impacting operations and payments to vendors....

...to impose a surcharge on real property tax....

...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....

...Aloha State Parents to Explore Education Options for Upcoming School Year....

...it probably costs more to pay the lawyers than to build the lockerroom....

...HawaiiKidsCAN will host a one-of-a-kind celebration of K-12 education on Sunday, Jan. 26 3-6pm....

...Parents encouraged to provide feedback on their child’s public school....

...Results of State VEX Robotics Championships....

...HSTA got $45M in a contract reopener April 1, 2019.  On December 5, 2019 HSTA and DoE announced a massive pay hike for teachers working in so-called 'hard to fill' positions.  Now in a January 10, 2020, anouncement, the HSTA and Kishimoto are proposing to bump thousands of union members up five steps....

...solar powered systems costing an average of $40,000 per classroom have started breaking down or will only work for a short time every day....

...Saturday, February 8, 2020, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center Ballroom....

...Just 7 months after HSTA's last contract reopener....

...Don’t get the wrong idea.  DoE employees aren’t lazy bums.  According to reports issued today by the Hawaii State ethics commission, they are working very hard on several very important construction projects—but not for the DoE....

...37% of DoE 4th Graders and 32% of 8th Graders can’t read at a basic level...31% of DoE 4th Graders and 42% of DoE 8th Graders can’t do basic science....

...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....

...Trustees voted today to award Kanu o ka ʻĀina Learning ʻOhana (KALO) with a grant to administer the lion’s share of the $3 million....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...High school students on the tiny Micronesian island of Kosrae will be building, programming and competing their own advanced robots for the first time....

...Just 3% of Waianae High juniors tested proficient in math last school year, from 11% the year before....

...Many schools struggle to determine what actions to take when students cannot pay for school meals....

...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....

...and teachers salaries are the lowest in USA when adjusted for cost of living....

...Sham Public Meetings Begin Next Round of HSTA Pay Hike Deals....

...our commitment is to protect our learning environment from approaches that may inappropriately influence or coerce students to a particular political viewpoint....

...a snapshot of how well adults are serving youth through sports, including sections describing the sport ecosystem in each of the four counties....

...LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas....

...This year, Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools enrolled 167,454 students (down from 168,152 last year) and charter schools enrolled 11,877 students (up from 11,546 last year)....

...A feedback window on the draft of that plan is open through Sept. 20, 2019....

...additional immunizations will be required for students entering preschool, kindergarten through grade 12, and colleges/universities in Hawai‘i....

...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....

...The Schools Directed AC program enables school leaders to initiate the process by requesting an official electrical assessment from HIDOE’s Office of Facilities and Operations to determine where there is sufficient electrical capacity for AC in classrooms....

...Hawai‘i DOE submits request to US Department of Education to amend data submission....

...Hawaii Child Care Costs More than College Tuition....

...Data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection show Hawaiʻi to be the worst state in the nation for public school students with disabilities....

...Flashback 2017: Help Stop CNHA Grab for Charter School Funds....

...The state of mental healthcare for Hawai‘i’s medicaid-eligible youth....

"...The problem is the data we provide is based on an accounting system that is more than two decades out of use...."

...Today my kids learned a lesson about thinking logically the hard way....

...2019’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth....

...activists have scared parents into believing that they must fear pesticides but ignore other real safety hazards....

...First Question: “How are you going to increase salaries...."

...SB 1405 calls for confiscation, increased fines for youth....

...a new nationally representative survey reporting on the experiences and opinions of over 1,200 active-duty military families. ...

"...the original intent of the program was to increase school attendance rates, which the program did...."

...The day after an allegedly corrupt charter school director evaded justice, the AG’s office sent out yet another nationally-themed news release--ironically calling on Congress to do something about … corrupt educational institutions....

...conditions have shown little to no improvements in more recent years, with the state’s rank for this domain slipping from 30 in 2018 to 34 in 2019....

...the Education Institute of Hawaii that wants to see the general ledger for the whole Department of Education....