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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: Secret Pono Choices Curriculum Exposed
By Tito Montes @ 11:23 PM :: 24517 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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The main philosophy of Advocates for Youth is that children have “sexual rights”....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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Saturday, December 21, 2013 |
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There's Nothing Pono About Pono Choices
By Tito Montes @ 3:03 PM :: 9608 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...Blake Oshiro, out in front of the news cameras to deny that any “parade of horribles” relating to the activist LGBT agenda would ever be unleashed on the people of Hawaii....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s education department keeping sex-ed curriculum a secret
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:29 PM :: 6980 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...McDermott said he should be able to get a copy of the 10-hour curriculum from either the state Department of Education or the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, which developed the $800,000 pilot program....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Secret Encounters: DoE Refuses to Release Homosexual Education Curriculum to Legislators
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 3:47 AM :: 8046 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...In the fastest "investigation" in Hawaii history, 2 weeks, the DOE announced the program will restart. The program will also be expanded to 30 more schools....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Fire Hazard: Volcano School Threatened with Closure After Abercrombie Refuses to Release Funds
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 PM :: 5137 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12
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...the elected State Legislature has twice appropriated $618,000 of State construction and improvement funds specifically directed to the VSAS. The Governor of the State Hawaii, exercising what amounts to line item veto, has arbitrarily, for two years, withheld these funds....
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Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Homosexual Education Program Back -- 12 Schools Next Semester
By News Release @ 11:29 AM :: 7534 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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A review of Pono Choices confirmed the curriculum is ... aligned with ... state law ....
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Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
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Proficiency and Growth: How is Your School Doing?
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 4443 Views :: Education K-12
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The interactive website allows users to click among multiple data streams comparing the state's Complex Areas, schools and student groups....
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Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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Hale Kula Elementary to Mark 'Hour of Code' at Schoefield
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 5290 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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Hale Kula’s “Hour of Code” event will include the presentation of a $10,000 check by Code.org and a brief session on computer programming with Hale Kula students....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Robotic teams to compete at VEX State Championship
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 3699 Views :: Education K-12
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Forty middle and high school VEX robotics teams from across the state will compete Dec. 20-21 in the first-ever Hawaii VEX State Championship....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Finds $844M, Wants to Spend it on Preschool Vouchers
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 5314 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Atheist Ethics vs Santa: Teachers, Students Cannot 'Believe', 'Make a Wish'
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 7022 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, First Amendment
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For each letter to Santa that is deposited in the Santa Mail letterbox located at Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Brookings: New Evidence Raises Doubts on Abercrombie’s Preschool for All
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 3723 Views :: Education K-12
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...supporters of Preschool for All, including some academics who are way out in front of what the evidence says and know it, have turned a blind eye to the mixed and conflicting nature of research findings....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Oahu bus vendors selected for 2014-15 school year
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 3561 Views :: Education K-12
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The contracts are among major reform efforts underway since December 2012 to meet recommendations by the State Office of the Auditor....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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HCDA, BoE, HHC, LUC: Abercrombie Announces Appointments
By News Release @ 9:01 PM :: 6026 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Hawaii State Government
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Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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DoE Suspends Homosexual Sex Ed Program
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 5948 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) will be placing Pono Choices implementation on hold as it conducts another review of the pilot curriculum....
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Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
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Abercrombie’s Pre-K Initiative Driven by National Agenda
By News Release @ 11:55 AM :: 3862 Views :: Education K-12
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Education Commission of the States is the only nationwide, nonpartisan interstate compact devoted to education.
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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TIME: Universal Pre-K: No Substitute for a Healthy, Stable Childhood
By NCPA @ 12:04 PM :: 4719 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...parents, not formal education, that make the difference for young children's readiness for school and success once they get there....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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NAEP Test Results Released: Feds Tout Hawaii as RTTT Success Story
By News Release @ 10:05 AM :: 4423 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii beats national average in 4th grade math, still lags in other areas ....
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
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Study: Hawaii Child Care Among Least Affordable in USA
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 5123 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2013 Report reveals that families are paying more for child care, and are paying a significant part of their earnings for this care....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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NCTQ: Hawaii one of Five States to tie Teacher Compensation, Evaluations
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 3786 Views :: Education K-12
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This report provides a detailed and up-to-date lay of the land on teacher evaluation policies across the 50 states....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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DoE Admits Graduation Rates Exaggerated--Disabled Students Revised Down 13%
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 4071 Views :: Education K-12
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Students with disabilities: Originally reported 73.4% graduation rate, revised to 60.1%....
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 |
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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WSJ: The Universal Pre-K Fallacy
By NCPA @ 2:51 PM :: 4306 Views :: Education K-12
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Universal pre-kindergarten schooling, every progressive's fondest dream, is back in the news....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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13 States with Gay Marriage: How Education Changed
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 7702 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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California prohibits any school material or instruction that reflects adversely on homosexuality, bisexuality or transgenderism, while prohibiting parents from removing children from classes....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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State’s Largest Charter School Responds to Arrest of Former Principal
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 5452 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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Due to circumstances that were inherited by the current administration, HTA has been held to quarterly audits for the past 20 months....
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Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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‘Get on Board’ DoE Adds Bus Routes at Four Schools
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 3830 Views :: Education K-12
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August Ahrens Elementary, Highlands Intermediate, Pearl City High and Waipahu High schools....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie admin and DOE have no answers for same-sex education issues
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 3:42 PM :: 6345 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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Horner suggested that the BOE’s curriculum and civil rights compliance offices, with oversight by the Attorney General, would be the appropriate authorities to make these determinations....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii churches ask court to dismiss atheists’ baseless lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 6613 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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“These churches have not only faithfully paid all of their rent, they’ve sacrificially given much more in service and funding to the schools and communities they love,” added co-counsel James Hochberg....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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Grading character in school
By Rachelle Chang @ 7:36 PM :: 4401 Views :: Education K-12
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Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Consumer LifeSmarts: DCCA Launches 10th Annual Statewide Student Competition
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 4968 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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AG Louie the Grinch: Subs Won’t get Back Pay for Christmas
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 5006 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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UHERO: Furlough Fridays = Less Juvenile Crime
By UHERO @ 3:12 PM :: 5812 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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The authors attribute the reduction in crime to two factors. The first is a lack of "concentration" allowing for less opportunity to engage in criminal activity, and the second is possibly increased monitoring by parents....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013 |
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Hawaii public school enrollment grows by 2,000 students
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 2986 Views :: Education K-12
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The enrollment gains can be partly attributed to the large number of births in 2008 and more students staying in the state’s public schools....
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Saturday, September 28, 2013 |
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VIDEO: HSTA Leaders talk about priorities for 2013-2014
By Video @ 12:38 AM :: 4922 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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President Wil Okabe shares HSTA’s “Three Priorities” for 2013-2014....
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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Hawaii SAT Scores Remain Stagnant
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 5998 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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“While some might see stagnant scores as no news, we at the College Board consider it a call to action,” said College Board President David Coleman
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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DoE Buys 'Common Core' K-6 Reading Program for Statewide Use
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 4541 Views :: Education K-12
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Reading Wonders, the first K-6 reading program built on the Common Core State Standards....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Statewide Student Survey Will Grade Teachers
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4251 Views :: Education K-12
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A student survey being administered in Hawaii’s public schools through Oct. 18 will provide educators with critical classroom feedback aimed at improving teaching and learning....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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PHOTOS: Campbell HS Students Rally for AC
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 5855 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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...students from Campbell High School came in force today to the State Capitol to demand air conditioning for their oven-like classrooms....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Education: GEAR-UP Hawaii to be Focus of Briefing
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5107 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:30AM Waipahu High School Library
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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UHERO: School Furloughs = Less Crime
By UHERO @ 12:33 PM :: 5954 Views :: Education K-12
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...time off from school is associated with significantly fewer juvenile assault and drug-related arrests....
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Saturday, September 14, 2013 |
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Nine Schools Receive Adjustments to Strive HI Performance System Results
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 4397 Views :: Education K-12
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The revisions were made after further analysis of the system’s criteria....
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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Event Celebrates Military Volunteers at Hawaii Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 11:54 PM :: 5257 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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More than 300 people attended the Joint Venture Education Forum’s 12th annual meeting, Aug. 29, 2013 at The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Kapolei....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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Public school parents encouraged to complete federal survey cards
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 3826 Views :: Education K-12
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The annual survey determines the number of federally connected students in the public school system for whom the state receives impact aid funds....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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Fourteen top-performing public schools awarded $1 million
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4743 Views :: Education K-12
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...state officials attended a ceremony at Red Hill Elementary – one of the top-performing schools – to present individual awards ranging from $20,000 to $95,000....
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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Former Ahrens Elem Principal Charged Falsifying Teacher Training Records
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 4545 Views :: Education K-12
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...allegedly directing a teacher to file a per diem reimbursement claim for training that did not occur....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Superintendent Matayoshi rated 'Exceptional' by Board of Education
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 4136 Views :: Education K-12
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Members praised the DOE's progress on a host of initiatives to improve student outcomes....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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3 Things to know about Hawaii’s schools
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:13 PM :: 4869 Views :: Education K-12
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It’s been one month since my son started second grade at a public school....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 |
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Planned Parenthood Uses Tax Dollars From Obamacare to Push Sex Ed on Hawaii Kids
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 PM :: 8825 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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The Hawaii Youth Services Network and the University of Hawaii received almost two million dollars from ... Obamacare—to develop, replicate, and implement “comprehensive sex education” in Hawaii schools....
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