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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii 11th Most Efficient Education System--When Cost of Living Taken into Account
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5130 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Education narrative favoring wealthier, whiter states was just proven wrong....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 6623 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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Interior Announces Funds to Extend Yap Robotics League Program to Pohnpei, Chuuk
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 3671 Views :: Education K-12
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...Assistant Secretary Domenech presented the signed grant award to Larry Raigetal of Waa’gey who accepted the grant award on behalf of the recipient organization Habele....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 8298 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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...495 young adults from Hawai'i will soon be receiving compensatory education and education-related services thanks to the recent settlement....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Limits Jurisdiction of Civil Rights Commission
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 6966 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...The HTA decision drastically restricted and reduced the number of state and state-funded programs that are covered under § 368-1.5, as there are very few such programs or agencies that do not receive any federal funding....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Culture of accountability results in academic successes at Kamehameha III Elementary
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 3754 Views :: Education K-12
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...King Kamehameha III Elementary has seen its achievement steadily climb in all subjects while maintaining high levels of growth....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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Rusty Scalpel: Gut n Replace SB2858 Fails to meet Constitutional requirement
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5824 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...The “Rusty Scalpel” award recognizes passage of a bill whose subject has been substantially amended without opportunity for adequate legislative review as required by the Hawaii Constitution....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 |
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Yap Robo Day Showcases Technical Excellence in Micronesia
By News Release @ 12:19 PM :: 3675 Views :: Education K-12
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...five high schools battle it out in an elimination style robotics competition....
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Monday, May 21, 2018 |
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Childcare: Mapping the Gap in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 5750 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii has shortfall of 30,000 licensed child care slots, study finds....
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
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HSTA Again Selects Ige as Governor
By News Release @ 12:26 AM :: 6025 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Politicians
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...he worked with HSTA for days at the bargaining table. Sometimes he stayed up with us until 3 a.m....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s first public preschool program opens new classrooms
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 6833 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...EOEL – which oversees the development of Hawaii’s only state-funded preschool program – now offers 26 prekindergarten classrooms serving 520 keiki statewide....
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 |
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Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle…for Our Keiki?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4969 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The amendment, if approved by the voters, does not define what investment real property is. Nor does it contain any limitations on the taxing power. Almost all the details are left up to the state legislature....
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Monday, April 23, 2018 |
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HSTA: Our Slush Fund is on the Ballot Nov 6
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 6992 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...HSTA Slush Fund Unlimited Tax Increases in Your Future....
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 |
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Still Lying About Peter Boy: Blame Homeschooling For CWS Failures
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 8285 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement
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... a sibling says Peter Boy wasn’t home-schooled, he just didn’t go to school ....
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Friday, April 20, 2018 |
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DoE: Social Studies Standards open for public review through April
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 4082 Views :: Education K-12
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...Office of Curriculum seeking broad input from educators and the public on the draft Secondary (grades 6-12) Social Studies Standards through April 30, 2018....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii schools need flexibility, not centralization
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:09 PM :: 4945 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...At a time when many advocates of education reform are promoting greater local involvement in schools, Hawaii appears to be moving in the opposite direction....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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DoE Touts Increased Enrollment in AP Classes
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 4143 Views :: Education K-12
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...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report released by Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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HSTA Bosses Reelected without Opposition
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5135 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA State Leadership Team to Serve through 2021....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Three to BoE
By News Release @ 1:24 PM :: 4184 Views :: Education K-12
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...Ige has appointed former teacher and principal Catherine Payne and University of Hawai‘i administrator Dwight Takeno to the Board of Education. Current board member Margaret Cox will be reappointed....
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 |
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HB1489: Males to take over women’s sports in Hawaii?
By Mary Smart @ 7:50 PM :: 7453 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education
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...Hawaii Legislators are moving HB 1489 to give males pretending to be female the right to use schools' non-existent female athletic facilities....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Least Innovative States Thanks to Failing Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 5052 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Rank 47th – 8th Grade Math & Science Performance....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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HB2117: HSTA Pushes Bill to Outlaw Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 5811 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...The bill has passed the House and will be heard today at 3:10pm in the Senate Education Committee in Room 229 at the state Capitol....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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Attorney General Sessions Announces New Actions To Improve School Safety And Better Enforce Existing Gun Laws
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 7749 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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“...We are increasing the number of school resource officers, improving background checks and more aggressively prosecuting those who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, and reviewing and enhancing the way our law enforcement agencies respond to tips from the public...."
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Sunday, March 11, 2018 |
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Gun Control Rallies: How Today’s students have been Brainwashed to prepare for this moment their whole lives
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 9419 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment
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...Their educational experiences have been shaped by concepts like collaborative work, project-based learning, real-world scenarios, finding innovative solutions, and the underlying mantra that they can save the world....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Judiciary Program Dealing with bullies in school
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 5886 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary
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...“How many of you know someone who has been bullied?” asked Judge Heely....
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE Organizing Students to Walk out March 14
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 7830 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment
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...The state Department of Education is instructing schools statewide to create a “designated walkout area” for students...to participate in upcoming protests against gun violence, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a Friday letter to parents....
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Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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Teachers Union Grabs for Billion Dollar Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5495 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...Do the problems in our classrooms have anything to do with special funds at all?....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Report: State of Computer Science Education in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 5473 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...just 14 traditional public schools offer AP Computer Science....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Homosexual Child Molestation: KSBE Outlines Terms of $80M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 9885 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Hawaii History, Health Care
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...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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SB1279: Tax-Credit Scholarships for Special Needs Students
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 5889 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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...Allows Qualifying Families To Pay For Tuition At Private And Parochial Schools....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Title IX Lawsuit? DoE discriminates against female athletes
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 4889 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...ACLU sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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SB2323: Senators Caught Lying About Peter Boy Case
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:41 PM :: 9756 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Law Enforcement
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...In little Peter's case, he was not of compulsory age, and therefore not homeschooled. The other case referred to in the bill, the girl who died in 2017 on the Big Island, was already under CPS before her mother took her out to be homeschooled....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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Legislators Want CWS to Investigate All Homeschooling Families
By News Release @ 1:32 AM :: 9444 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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...Last week, three bills were introduced by the Hawaii Legislature that would significantly restrict homeschool freedom: Senate Bills 2274 and 2323, and House Bill 2244....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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HSTA Pushing Massive Property Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 7510 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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....more money and less accountability....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Ethics: DoE Ass't Sup't Pursues UH Degree While on the Job
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 7433 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education
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...if the Ethics Comm takes down all the state and county employees who are doing UH school work on the taxpayers dime, we would probably cut UH enrollment 20%. I suggest starting with every state and county employee at UH Richardson School of Law....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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DoE to Display Classroom Temperatures Online
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 5414 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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...HIDOE's Thermal Comfort website features data collected from weather stations and indoor monitoring sensors at Hawaii's public schools....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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Robotics: 19 Hawaii Teams Heading for World Championship
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 4305 Views :: Education K-12
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...Nineteen robotics teams from across Hawaii achieved significant scores and demonstrated exceptional skill and performance at the Hawaiian Electric Companies Hawaii State VEX Championships held Jan. 13-14 at Kamehameha Schools....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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Screening for Health Barriers to Learning--Hawaii Schools Receive Mixed Scores
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 6137 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Missed Opportunities: Do States Require Screening of Children for Health Conditions that Interfere with Learning....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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Most Educated States--Hawaii Ranks 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 4719 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...Quality of Education -- 36th...."
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Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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School Choice Week in Hawaii: 80 Events and Activities Planned
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 4081 Views :: Education K-12
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...a celebration is planned on Thursday, January 25 9:30am at the State Capitol....
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Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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U.S. Department of Education announces final approval of Hawaii ESSA plan
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 4120 Views :: Education K-12
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...Measures student success (dilutes failing test scores--Editor) with 14 indicators including chronic absenteeism, inclusion rate, teacher retention, facility repair and maintenance backlog, and family engagement....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Ward Introduces Bill Mandating 'Shelter-in-Place' Drills at Schools
By Rep Gene Ward @ 8:29 PM :: 6186 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...“Hawaii's children must have safe haven at their schools in the event of a missile attack.”....
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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Application Period Begins for Preschool Open Doors Program
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 5333 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...Applications received during this period will be considered for preschool participation during July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019....
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Sunday, December 24, 2017 |
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DoE: Feds Require 'Minor Adjustments' to our ESSA Plan to Hide Failure
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 4589 Views :: Education K-12
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"Hawaii is well on its way for approval once we make minor adjustments to our consolidated plan,” said Superintendent Dr. Christina Kishimoto....
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 |
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Survey: 62% of Hawaii Youth Not Qualified for Military Service
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 7990 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Military, Drugs
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...Crime and Inability to Join Military or Workforce Present National Crisis....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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200 High School Students Watch Supreme Court Hear Lesbian Child Custody Case
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 6714 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Judiciary
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...The case heard at Castle, CC vs. DD, is a parentage case involving a former same sex married couple. The issue is whether Appellant has a legal parent/child relationship with the child born to Appellee during the marriage....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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Child Molester: KSBE Apology letter implies abuse since 1962
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 6939 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...unforgivable acts of physical and emotional abuse committed against Kamehameha School students at the hands of Dr. Robert Browne, a St. Francis consulting psychiatrist between the years of 1962 through 1984....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii DOE Saves $13M on School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 3708 Views :: Education K-12
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...The Hawaii State Department of Education and TransPar have saved the state approximately $13 million annually through the Get on Board student transportation initiative....
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