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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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DoE: No In-person Oahu Schools for First Four Weeks
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 3182 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...Starting on Aug. 17, all O'ahu public schools will be implementing full distance learning models....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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HSTA: Pay our members for fake 'distance learning' classes
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 2939 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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"...One-hundred percent virtual instruction will allow many of these teachers to remain on the job...."
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Homeschooling? Hawaii State Library offers free 'Scholastic Teachables'
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 3851 Views :: Education K-12, Family, COVID-19
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...Scholastic Teachables materials are of high-quality and are ready-to-use for all age ranges from Pre-K to grade 8....
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Friday, July 31, 2020 |
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Transitioning to School-at-Home
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 AM :: 3024 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... advice from successful homeschoolers ....
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Thursday, July 30, 2020 |
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5 Years for Embezzling $600K from Hawaiian Charter School
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 3218 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12
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... In sentencing Estabilio, the District Judge imposed a sentence above the range suggested by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. At the sentencing hearing, the District Judge characterized Estabilio’s conduct as “reprehensible,” and driven by “greed” and a sense of “entitlement” ....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020 |
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School Reopening Push Back to Aug 17
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 2646 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...A proposed start date of Aug. 17 for students will be brought to the Board of Education on Thursday....
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Friday, July 24, 2020 |
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OHA urges BOE to delay reopening of schools
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 3100 Views :: Education K-12, OHA, COVID-19
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...OHA testimony for the July 23, 2020, Hawai‘i State Board of Education General Business Meeting urging the Board of Education to delay the reopening of schools....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020 |
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HSTA urges state, Board of Education to delay return of students to campus
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 3250 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...“Our schools are woefully underprepared to deliver a distance learning program should a school be shut down by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) due to the spread of COVID-19,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
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Ige Reaffirms Plan for Aug 4 Reopening of Public Schools
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 2295 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...Teachers return on Wednesday, July 29....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 |
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HIDOE Distance-Learning Survey Insights and Findings
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 2700 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...The surveys focused on distance-learning experiences during the closure of school buildings following spring break....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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DoE Announces COVID Class Schedules for Fall
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 3229 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... what will be your school's class schedule? ....
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Thursday, July 2, 2020 |
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Fake it to Make it: DoE Releases 'Return to Learn' Plan
By News Release @ 6:53 PM :: 3298 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...The Real Plan for Fall Semester—School 2 Days per Week, Teachers Get Paid for 5 days....
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Monday, June 29, 2020 |
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HSTA reaches school reopening agreement with state of Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:13 AM :: 3647 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii public schools to reopen with safeguards ....
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Saturday, June 27, 2020 |
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State Education Systems with the Most Racial Equality -- Hawaii 16th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 2818 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...to determine which states have the most racial equality in education....
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Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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Letter: Legislators 'Concerned' About DoE Plan to Continue 'Distance Learning' Scam
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 3381 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...The letter outlines low participation rates for distance learning, internet connectivity and device access inequities among students, and the lack of a concise plan for how they will spend the federal CARES Act funding they have received....
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Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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Kauai DoE Pilot Program to Continue 'Distance Learning' Scam with no Evaluations Until Fall of 2021
By News Release @ 5:05 AM :: 4671 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...The Kaua‘i Education Technology Pilot Project is reimagining how much HSTA members can get away with in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 |
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Pandemic EBT: $360 Extra SNAP Benefits For Families of 93,000 Students
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 3788 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...Hawaiʻi P-EBT Pandemic School Meals Replacement Benefits to more than 93,000 students receiving free or reduced-price school meals in Hawaiʻi, including almost 48,000 students already receiving SNAP benefits....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 |
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Survey: Teachers Report Low Participation in Online Learning
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 4090 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...48% of middle and high school teachers report 0-20% of students consistently participated in distance learning....
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 |
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HIDOE closing out 2019-20 school year
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 2314 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...online registration system available to register new students for fall....
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Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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DoE and DHS: Auditor Finds Significant Deficiencies
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:00 AM :: 3581 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting....
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii’s Successful Experience With Weighted-Student Formula Has Improved Funding Equity
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 AM :: 2535 Views :: Education K-12
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...The weighted-student formula has provided a much more equitable, responsive and transparent way to fund Hawaiian schools....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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How Many DoE Students are Receiving Consistent Education? -- Congressional Delegation Demands Answers
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 3972 Views :: Education K-12, Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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...Across the state, how many public elementary and secondary students are receiving some kind of consistent education every day? How many students are not receiving this level of education?....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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Kahuku Mother Sues Board of Education over Secret, Closed-Door Meeting and Vote
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 4903 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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...suit against the Board of Education for holding a secret, closed door meeting last February, that resulted in denying her petition for rulemaking, violating the state Sunshine Law....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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HSTA Claims 20% Pay Cut Will be 'Implemented' June 1
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 3805 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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...After unions notified their members of the salary reduction idea Tuesday night, state officials informed union leaders the implementation date of the salary cuts has been delayed by at least one month, to June 1 instead of May 1....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 |
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Class Action Filed Against Hawaii Department of Education for Discrimination Against Disabled Students
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 3457 Views :: Education K-12
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...The lawsuit seeks Declaratory Judgment that the DOE has denied eligible students a free appropriate public education or FAPE....
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 |
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Public Comment: DoE Seeks ESSA Waiver
By News Release @ 12:58 AM :: 2246 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE has submitted a request for waivers under the CARES Act which will allow for additional time to obligate ESSA federal program funds to address educational needs during this unprecedented COVID-19 crisis....
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Sunday, April 5, 2020 |
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We’re All Homeschoolers Now
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:45 PM :: 3583 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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...A rapidly flourishing market of online resources is beginning to meet the content needs of millions of students across the country....
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Saturday, April 4, 2020 |
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Lawsuit Alleges Another Pedophile Ring at Kamehameha
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 AM :: 13661 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History
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...A new set of child molestation allegations is the subject of a lawsuit against Kamehameha Schools filed April 3, 2020, in Hawaii’s First Circuit Court....
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Friday, April 3, 2020 |
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BoE Votes to Waive Graduation Requirements
By News Release @ 10:02 AM :: 1958 Views :: Education K-12
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...The plan recommends utilizing grades from the third quarter, which ended March 13, to determine the final grade for student courses....
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Saturday, March 28, 2020 |
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DoE: Modify 12th Grade Graduation Requirements for COVID
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 2517 Views :: Education K-12
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...There are approximately 10,000 students who are eligible to earn diplomas this year....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan -- Public Comments Open
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3785 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Environment
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...written comments must be received from interested parties no later than April 13, 2020....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Thanks to Virus, DoE Finally Achieves Goal of Eliminating All Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 3749 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA revels in accountability-free utopia. Hawaii college applicants will not be so lucky....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
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Corona Virus: HIDOE extends spring break thru March 27
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 2766 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...The Department will use the additional time to plan for implementation of social distancing within the school setting, arrange for professional development to support modified operations, and thoroughly clean schools....
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Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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Hawaii Middle School Robotics--11 Qualify for World Championships
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 2778 Views :: Education K-12
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...11 Hawaii middle school robotics teams have been invited to participate in the 2020 VEX IQ World Championships in Louisville, Ky., April 26-28....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 |
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Youth Vaping 'Epidemic' All Hype
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 3783 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...In 2017, only only 3.5 percent of Hawaiian high school students reported using e-cigarettes daily and only 1.2 percent reported smoking combustible cigarettes daily....
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Friday, February 28, 2020 |
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11 Hawaii Elementary School Robotics Teams Qualify for Championships
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3333 Views :: Education K-12
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...Qualified robotics teams advance to 2020 VEX Worlds....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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HB2543: Pre-K Bill Set for House Vote
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 3543 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old ... with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030 ....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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School Choice Could be an Anti-Bullying Program
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 AM :: 2918 Views :: Education K-12
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...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....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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Meatless Mondays in Hawaii Schools? -- Politicized Veganism Threatens Human Health
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 AM :: 3901 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Health Care
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...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....
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Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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DoE's 30-Year Old Computers Crash--Finally Decides to Upgrade
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 2758 Views :: Education K-12
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...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....
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Sunday, February 9, 2020 |
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The ConAm Returns
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4145 Views :: Education K-12, Rail, Taxes
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...to impose a surcharge on real property tax....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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DoE Funds HSTA Pay Hike Propaganda 'Study'
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3822 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...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....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Hawaii DoE Touts AP Test Scores
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3074 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....
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Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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School Choice Week Hawaii -- 96 events statewide
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 2459 Views :: Education K-12
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...Aloha State Parents to Explore Education Options for Upcoming School Year....
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Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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Campbell HS: DoE Lawyers Fight Female Athletes Over Technicalities
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 AM :: 3620 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...it probably costs more to pay the lawyers than to build the lockerroom....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii School Choice Week: Education Celebration and Resource Fair
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 2312 Views :: Education K-12
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...HawaiiKidsCAN will host a one-of-a-kind celebration of K-12 education on Sunday, Jan. 26 3-6pm....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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DoE Releases Annual School Quality Survey
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 2656 Views :: Education K-12
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...Parents encouraged to provide feedback on their child’s public school....
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Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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10 Hawaii Robotics teams qualify for 2020 VEX Worlds
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 2868 Views :: Education K-12
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...Results of State VEX Robotics Championships....
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