Education K-12

...Hawaii's public and charter schools combined enrollment for school year 2020-21 totals 174,704 students, compared to 179,331 last year, a difference of 2.6 percent....

...Hawaii shows the largest disparity in weekly teacher interactions between more-educated and less-educated households. The gap for the nation is roughly 8%, while the gap for Hawaii is nearly 54%....

... Confirmed positive cases for the week of Aug. 22-28 include nine employees, five students, four service providers and two parents, due to the level of interaction that occurred at a HIDOE facility, for a total of 20 ....

...As many of our questions echo those being asked by the public and public officials, it is unreasonable for DOE to refuse our requests about their safety and health guidelines....

... first quarter ends Oct 2 ....

...and 30.6 percent of middle school students....

...Cases currently being investigated are not included in the count and will be reported in the following weeks....

...Every Friday, DOE to inform families about COVID cases by complex area, not by campus....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....

...Public schools on Kaua‘i, Hawaiʻi Island, and Maui County – with the exception of Moloka‘i schools and Hāna High & Elementary – will transition to full distance learning for the first four weeks of the 2020-21 school year....

...In the last 11 days, there have been at least nine campuses with coronavirus cases in which some staff were quarantined and campuses were closed....

...Starting on Aug. 17, all O'ahu public schools will be implementing full distance learning models....

"...One-hundred percent virtual instruction will allow many of these teachers to remain on the job...."

...Scholastic Teachables materials are of high-quality and are ready-to-use for all age ranges from Pre-K to grade 8....

... advice from successful homeschoolers ....

... 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” ....

...A proposed start date of Aug. 17 for students will be brought to the Board of Education on Thursday....

...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....

...DoE's designed-to-fail scheme is falling apart....

...“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....

...Teachers return on Wednesday, July 29....

...The surveys focused on distance-learning experiences during the closure of school buildings following spring break....

... what will be your school's class schedule? ....

...The Real Plan for Fall Semester—School 2 Days per Week, Teachers Get Paid for 5 days....

... Hawaii public schools to reopen with safeguards ....

...to determine which states have the most racial equality in education....

...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....

...The Kaua‘i Education Technology Pilot Project is reimagining how much HSTA members can get away with in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....

...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....

...48% of middle and high school teachers report 0-20% of students consistently participated in distance learning....

...online registration system available to register new students for fall....

...significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting....

...The weighted-student formula has provided a much more equitable, responsive and transparent way to fund Hawaiian schools....

...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?....

...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....

...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.... 

...The lawsuit seeks Declaratory Judgment that the DOE has denied eligible students a free appropriate public education or FAPE....

...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....

...A rapidly flourishing market of online resources is beginning to meet the content needs of millions of students across the country....

...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....

...The plan recommends utilizing grades from the third quarter, which ended March 13, to determine the final grade for student courses....

...There are approximately 10,000 students who are eligible to earn diplomas this year....

...written comments must be received from interested parties no later than April 13, 2020....

...HSTA revels in accountability-free utopia.  Hawaii college applicants will not be so lucky....

...Hawaii joins 39 states that have decided to close schools....

...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....

...11 Hawaii middle school robotics teams have been invited to participate in the 2020 VEX IQ World Championships in Louisville, Ky., April 26-28....

...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....

...Qualified robotics teams advance to 2020 VEX Worlds....