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Saturday, June 24, 2017 |
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DoE to Open Military Transition Centers
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 6055 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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HIDOE will commit $250,000 annually for four years using federal Impact Aid funds towards school Transition Center facility improvements, technology, furnishings and special events....
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Friday, June 23, 2017 |
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Transforming Military Impact Aid into Education Savings Accounts
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:01 PM :: 6055 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...Hawaii is one of only four states where over 30 percent of high school graduates who hope to join the Army cannot achieve an adequate score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test....
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Cool Schools? DoE Working to Avoid Installing Air Conditioners
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 6635 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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"The department has made every effort to find solutions to cooling our classrooms in ways that are not only cost-efficient but also energy efficient..."
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 17th in Child Well-being
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 8591 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Thursday, June 8, 2017 |
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BoE Puts 'ESSA Team' Principal in Charge, Temporarily
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 5326 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....
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Friday, June 2, 2017 |
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‘Free’ Food for all Children at 63 Hawaii Public Schools
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 6041 Views :: Education K-12
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...Meals will be served at select locations Monday through Friday, except June 12 and July 4. Most schools will serve breakfast and lunch....
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
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Trump Education Budget Cuts Native Hawaiian Education, Boosts Charter Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8537 Views :: Education K-12, OHA
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...provides supplemental awards “to school districts that agree to adopt weighted student funding combined with open enrollment systems that allow Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice...."
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Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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Education leaders formalize Maunakea Scholars program
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 8789 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, OHA
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...more opportunities for local high school students to use Maunakea Observatories for their innovative research projects....
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Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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Report: Hawaii Shows Little Growth in Preschool Funding
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 7674 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii continues to support only a few hundred children in public preschool....
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 |
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Robotics Showcased by Yap Island Students
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4923 Views :: Education K-12, National News
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"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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Sex, Lies, and Repetitious Badgering: Meet Hawaii’s New Superintendent of Schools
By Video @ 4:45 AM :: 20080 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... The HSTA wanted 'new perspectives' -- so Ige's BoE dumped Matayoshi and got this ....
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Sunday, May 21, 2017 |
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GEMS: A Raid by Any Other Name…
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7791 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Taxes
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GEMS, as a program, has been a miserable failure, resulting primarily in a large wad of cash that is just sitting in the bank. That’s why our legislature got the bright idea to “use” it to prop up another miserable failure – the “Cool the Schools” initiative....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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Board of Education selects next Superintendent—No word on Golden Parachute
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 4971 Views :: Education K-12
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...Christina Kishimoto, Ph.D., signed a three-year contract and will start on August 1, 2017....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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Matayoshi’s DoE Receives national innovation award
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 4608 Views :: Education K-12
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...then the HSTA's Governor's minions fired her....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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Lawsuit against Hawaii Churches Hurts the Surrounding Community
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 7520 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment
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...atheists Mitchell Kahle and Holly Huber sued the churches under Hawaii’s False Claims Act....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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Atheist Lawsuit Against Hawaii Churches to be Heard by State Supreme Court Friday
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:02 PM :: 7708 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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...The court will be hearing the Appeal THIS FRIDAY, and you are invited to sit in....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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HSTA: 98% Ratify Sweetheart Contract with Ige
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 5321 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Ninety-eight percent of the nearly 8,000 members of HSTA who cast ballots across the state today voted to ratify a new four-year contract....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 |
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Hawaii’s Best Public High Schools—How did your School Rank?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 6462 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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There are six silver medal schools and five bronze medal schools from Hawaii included in the 2017 rankings of U.S. News Best High Schools....
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 |
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Hawaii Officially Proclaims Children of Fallen Patriots Day
By News Release @ 6:52 PM :: 8408 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Military
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...Governor of Hawaii, David Ige, has officially proclaimed May 13th as Children of Fallen Patriots Day....
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
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Accountability? DoE Releases ESSA Plan
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 6597 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The 30-day public comment period begins today, Tuesday, April 18, and will run through Thursday, May 18, 2017....
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Saturday, April 15, 2017 |
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Connect to Careers: Preparing next generation of Hawaii workforce
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 6103 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...business and education partners including the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and the Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund....
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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Micronesian students head to International Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 6884 Views :: Education K-12, National News
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The famously traditional Island of Stone Money is sending top students to a high tech global robotics competition....
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Sunday, March 26, 2017 |
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Yes, Toto, Tourists Also Pay Real Property Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7479 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers’ union....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
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College Readiness: How Did Your School Do?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 6172 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
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Statewide 2017 HS Graduation Dates
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 5161 Views :: Education K-12
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The Hawaii State Department of Education announced its 2017 graduation dates for public and charter schools statewide....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6082 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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UPDATE: Galera Quits, BoE Resumes Search for Superintendent
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 8119 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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“The Search Committee appreciates the forthright statements of a public that is unafraid to speak up and who is passionate about the education of our students...."
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 7251 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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The "shall make sufficient sums available" language is used in one more place in our constitution. It's in Article XII, Section 1, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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DBEDT Report Designed to Help HSTA Write Slush Fund into Constitution?
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 6729 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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DBEDT is measuring dollars not taxpayers. One out-of-state owner of a shopping mall, golf course, or hotel equals 1000s of individual local homeowners....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Integrity: Castle Foundation Refusing to Pay for ‘Unfair’ DoE Superintendent Search
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 5815 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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“Recent developments led the Foundation to have deep concerns that one candidate may have an unfair advantage over other applicants."
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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“Second home” tax may put affordable homes out of reach
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 PM :: 6067 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...this policy likely would backfire and make all housing in the islands more expensive....
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Monday, March 6, 2017 |
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Darrel Galera Resigns BoE so Ige Can Appoint Him Superintendent
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 5493 Views :: Education K-12
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...Ige appointed Galera to the BOE in October 2016. Galera has also served as the chairperson for the Governor’s ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) Team since its inception in April 2016....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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How to give teachers a pay raise … without raising taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:08 PM :: 6892 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...$9,450 a year more without spending a penny....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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Maunakea Observatories award Nānākuli and Kapolei students with research time
By Video @ 2:37 PM :: 8119 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, OHA
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Maunakea Scholars is an innovative program designed to bring Hawaiʻi’s young, aspiring astronomers into the observatory community by competitively allocating observing time on Maunakea’s world-class telescopes....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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Transform the Bureaucracy and Achieve Justice for John Sosa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 8051 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...Randall Roth comments on two stories on the DoE investigation into education reform advocate John Sosa which ran on KHON Feb 6 and Feb 7....
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 8926 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest....
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Friday, February 10, 2017 |
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Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 7588 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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to lobby for a constitutional amendment that will drastically increase property taxes....
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 |
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A 1-2 punch of tax proposals
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:25 PM :: 8347 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Rail, Taxes
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The State kept 10% of the surcharge collected or $25.92 million – which is more than the Department of Taxation’s entire Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget of $24 million....
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Saturday, February 4, 2017 |
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UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest
By UHERO @ 12:22 AM :: 8256 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...an owner of an investment property in Honolulu worth less than half a million dollars can expect to see his (her) combined City and State property tax bill double....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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Parents asked to provide feedback on their child’s public school
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 4829 Views :: Education K-12
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The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) begins its annual School Quality Survey (SQS) this week....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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High-Speed Internet: Hawaii Schools #1 in USA
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 5924 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...every student in Hawaii, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wyoming meets the minimum connectivity goal of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student....
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Saturday, January 28, 2017 |
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VIDEO: School Choice Dance 2017!
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:42 PM :: 4799 Views :: Education K-12
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Students, parents and teachers from Lanakila Baptist School held a special event this week to celebrate National School Choice Week....
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Monday, January 23, 2017 |
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Hawaii Celebrates School Choice Week at 79 Events Statewide
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 4242 Views :: Education K-12
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There are 79 events planned in the Aloha State to raise awareness about K-12 school choice....
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 |
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Ige: School system is simply not relevant to today’s students
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4810 Views :: Education K-12
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The success of today’s students in the future workplace and in our communities requires an absolute reboot of the rigid school system....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Auditor: Three DoE Special Funds do not meet criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:22 AM :: 4526 Views :: Education K-12
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...1 special fund, 1 revolving fund, and 1 trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Education Week: Hawaii Grade ‘C’, Ranks 25th
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5302 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii’s 2017 Highlights Report includes summarized results based on each of the nearly 40 indicators that make up Quality Counts’ overall grading rubric....
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017 |
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Ethics, HSTA Announce Agreement on School Trips
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 6670 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...teachers may continue to plan trips and serve as chaperones with private tour companies....
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