Education K-12

... Jane Poe, the Plaintiff in the case, is a nine-year-old transgender student (boy) who has lived openly as (been manipulated into pretending to be) a girl since age five ....

... The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding ....

... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....

... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....

...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....

"...Now, with the batteries that were installed on many of the solar AC systems nearing the end of their lifespans, one DOE official warned that the systems will need to be retired altogether.  He called the heat abatement initiative a $120 million disaster...."

... a no-cost, two-year training initiative designed to prepare Oʻahu high school juniors for careers in aviation maintenance and mechanics ....

... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....

... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....

... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....

... the fees have been collected but have not been used, and for a very long time ....

“Trustees rolled up their sleeves and engaged the details like never before — offering and approving amendments live at the table, line by line, in full public view."

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....

... The Department of Education’s driver education program is incomplete, a loosely organized and inconsistent collection of school-level practices, that is incapable of being meaningfully evaluated ....

... States With the Best Budgeting Education in High Schools ....

... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....

... The emergency rules will allow children with a religious exemption to receive the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine while retaining the exemption to other vaccines and continuing to attend school ....

... The absence of these low-performing students artificially increases average test scores ....

... completers of Dual Credit classes up 3% from 24% to 27% ....

... statewide list of commencement celebrations ....

... Insiders Looted Kamalani Academy Before State Opted To Shut It Down ....

... HB422 would abolish the school impact fee program and transfer its balance to the School Facilities Special Fund ....

... Hawaii authorities are reportedly deciding to not extradite Castro from Utah, according to a spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ....

... Hawaii governor in support of states taking over education ....

... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....

... featuring an array of student-made products including ‘ulu chips, lollipops, skincare products and more ....

... SB1150 Would Have Legalized Kidnap of Children for Sex-Change ....

... The report says the fees are not needed, are likely unconstitutional, have never been spent, and are driving up Hawaii housing costs ....

... Hawaii State Department of Education had previously denied every Good News Club request submitted over the last three years while approving non-Christian groups ....

"... It directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to the President for how military families can use Department of Defense funds to send their children to the school of their choice ...."

• 4th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 26th-worst
• 4th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 10th-worst
• 8th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 11th-worst
• 8th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 12th-worst

... Kids Off Social Media Act Sets Social Media Age Minimum To 13, Prohibits Use Of Algorithms To Feed Addictive Content To Teens Under 17 ....

... The report outlines 10 key challenges, ranging from accounting for displaced students to managing transportation and meals ....

... Events will qualify 15 local teams to advance to the VEX Worlds ....

... Expo at Windward Mall Saturday, January 25, 2025, to feature student showcase, face painting, snacks, and entertainment ....

... The winner of the competition will represent Hawaiʻi at the National LifeSmarts Competition in Chicago ....

... a 25% increase from the 2022-23 school year ....

... $29 million lying around doing nothing ....

...  sex trafficking Minor Victim 1 in 2005 and 2006; coercing and enticing Minor Victim 2 to engage in sexual activity in 2006; and producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography of Minor Victim 3 in and around 2020 to 2023 ....

...  Kalani High School in Honolulu ....

... About 100 staff and community members attended ....

... when money goes into the account, the folks providing the online account pinch a little ....

... HSTA did not challenge HIDOE’s decision to exclude prior experience for the “compression fix” -- 1,000 Teachers May be Shortchanged on Pay ....

... see how this strategy plays out in real life ....

... Enrollment at Hawaiʻi's public schools is 165,340 at the beginning of School Year 2024-25, a decline of 1.4% from the previous school year ....

... employees were required to go to their principal’s office and sign a promissory note ....