Education K-12

...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....

...The Hawaii State Department of Education and TransPar have saved the state approximately $13 million annually through the Get on Board student transportation initiative....

...two days after they lost their bought n paid for judge....

...Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Campus Center Ballroom from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m....

...Judge Crandall's husband, David Schulmeister, and his law firm, Cades Schutte, represented the Kamehameha Schools, billing as much as $1 million a year....

...Did you know that not all of our keiki get equal funding for school?....

...justice, reparation and healing for those individuals who were violated decades ago....

...care for only one child in Hawai‘i consumes approximately 13 percent of the typical Hawai‘i family’s income....

...The survey of 1,200 active-duty personnel, veterans, and their spouses shows 72 percent are in favor of education savings accounts (ESAs), 64 percent are in favor of school vouchers, and 63 percent favor tax-credit scholarships....

...Department rolls out more data visuals for public to view....

In an effort to make performance data easily available to the public, HIDOE today announced the launch of its Strategic Plan Dynamic Report....

...Rep. Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) wrote a letter to Gov. Ige asking the governor to prepare his departments, particularly the DOE to prepare for the unthinkable....

Clearly, OHA owes our beneficiaries a sincere apology and a commitment to change our practices internally....

...Keli'i Akina And Verlieann Malina-Wright....

...32 communities ranked from smartest to dumbest....

...Allbrett, 64, is the former principal of the Halau Lokahi public charter school, a Native Hawaiian-focused charter school whose recurring financial difficulties led to the revocation of its charter....

...What Are The Lessons From The Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement's Failure To Get Charter School Money From OHA?....

...the Resource Management Committee opted to instead give the grant funds directly to the charter schools, instead of to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement....

...A similar program at an Oahu intermediate school produced a 91 percent daily school attendance rate in 2016-17, up about 40 percent from 2015-16....

...The accountability system includes multiple measures of school performance including proficiency in Science, Math and Language Arts/Literacy; chronic absenteeism; school climate; graduation rates; and achievement gaps....

...The State of Girls 2017: Emerging Truths and Troubling Trends....

...double-digit increases in the number of exam takers, exams taken and scores of 3 or higher....

...adjusted for cost of living....

In Hawaii about 79 percent of traditional public school teachers are chronically absent. In Hawaii charter schools it’s 23 percent…..

...Please Attend The Next Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Board Meeting On Thursday, September 21st At 10 AM At OHA Headquarters....

...plaintiff alleged that the staff at Koko Head Elementary School excluded her four-year old son from participating in class and discriminated against him....

...An abusive lockdown drill in which a masked man threatened a middle-school classroom with a hammer left the entire class in tears....

...This was my first back to school experience at the Kualapu‘u Public Conversion Charter School on the island of Moloka‘i....

...Department announces 2017-18 enrollment figures for public and charter schools....

...the State can pay billions for Rail but it can't pay thousands for vaccinations....

...Hawaii ACT Composite score beats only Nevada, Mississippi, and South Carolina coming in 4th-worst in the USA....

The E Ola Pono campaign encourages youth groups to promote peace, pono and respect at their schools and communities through student–led campaigns....

...“Much of the confusion over privacy facilities was driven by a short-lived effort by federal officials to redefine ‘sex’ to mean ‘gender identity’ under Title IX via a ‘Dear Colleague Letter’ to school officials in 2016”....

...A copy of the decision, Rachel H. v. Department of Education, State of Hawaii, is attached....

"One thousand classrooms now have air conditioning, and over 300 more will be complete by the end of September. In addition, hundreds more have been cooled using other heat abatement strategies,” Gov. Ige said....

...There's a sucker born every minute....

...The State has asked the Intermediate Court of Appeals to affirm Judge Nacino’s decision to dismiss the case....

...Students in Hawaii have few options when it comes to school choice....

...The recent images from Charlottesville, VA-marches by torchlight, Nazi salutes, armed militia, angry mobs engaged in violent confrontation-are scary for adults to encounter, let alone children....

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

...students and parents of Maui are being held hostage to bureaucratic bumbling that would make the keystone cops envious....

... DoE student absenteeism is caused by DoE teacher absenteeism ....

...Hawaii among states with lowest median scores on college admissions test, study finds....

...A dozen Micronesian students are headed to prestigious private schools this fall, thanks to Habele K-12 tuition scholarships....

The plan will be submitted following a 30-day opportunity for Governor David Ige to sign it.

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....

...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.... 

"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..."

...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....