Education K-12

... more than 35 public, charter, and private schools will have representatives available to talk with families about their school options .... 

... Can we put $80 million to good use instead of just allowing it to sit idle? ....

... To ensure Hawai‘i public school students are prepared for life after high school ....

...Hawaii ranks first nationwide, recording approximately 1,482 AI-essay-related searches per 100,000 residents. The state stands out as a clear outlier, with significantly higher interest than the rest of the country....

... parents of young children who both work need to earn at least $119,226 together to pay for child care ....

... AGs from 13 Democrat states signed on to amicus brief ....

... This marks the first time the Department has issued a permanent ban ....

... sounding the alarm for years about escalating threats against school employees ....

...The Children’s Entrepreneur Market is open in Aiea once a month....

"...Kids rise to the challenge of deciding what to sell, creating a booth, talking to customers, and handling money...."

... The claims are similar to ones raised by more than a dozen other states ....

... Olin K. Lagon, Keith Vieira, Eric K. Yeaman ....

... Hirono led 130 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court ....

... an 8th-grade history teacher, taught a federally mandated lesson about the Constitution for Constitution Day ....

... since 2023 both trans and queer identification have dropped sharply within Generation Z ....

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

... the vice principal interrupted a social studies department meeting to announce that teachers are not allowed to discuss “controversial issues” and that if controversial issues arise in student discussions, teachers must “shut it down” ....

... Ready Keiki initiative marks major step toward statewide preschool for all ....

... 31 illnesses potentially linked to the product ....

... The group challenges the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2006 decision in Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, which upheld the schools’ admissions policy by an 8-7 vote ....

... a new initiative that simplifies the college admissions process and removes barriers to higher education for Hawaiʻi’s public high school seniors ....

... All of these gains came from outside the collective bargaining system.  Why do teachers need the HSTA? ....

... Hawaiʻi ranked No. 37 for identifying students with emotional disturbance (ED) for individualized education programs (IEPs) ....

... Hawaii joins a 16-state lawsuit filed Friday in an effort to keep transsexualizing your children ....

... The inaugural championships will be May 1–2, 2026, at Hoʻokipa Beach Park on Maui, hosted by the MIL, which has sanctioned high school surfing since 2014 ....

... This means that the least motivated 24% of students are likely to have skipped the testing, which is still running below pre-COVID numbers.  Meanwhile DoE is aging COVID-failed students out of the system ....

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

... rates among boys in general were lower overall ....

• 50th – Avg. Starting Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)

... Laanui’s allegations were explosive, including a group sex incident on campus involving football players and a female student. He said the alumni association was violating ILH rules by paying cash scholarships to star football players, and he accused coaches Anthony Tuitele and Ron Dalmacio of taking money from the school ....

... Awa and Garcia decided to find him in person ....

... Educational innovation plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of jobs and communities ....

... Is your child barred from Kamehameha Schools based on ancestry? .... 

... Jane Poe, the Plaintiff in the case, is a nine-year-old transgender student (boy) who has lived openly as (been manipulated into pretending to be) a girl since age five ....

... The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding ....

... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....

... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....

...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....

"...Now, with the batteries that were installed on many of the solar AC systems nearing the end of their lifespans, one DOE official warned that the systems will need to be retired altogether.  He called the heat abatement initiative a $120 million disaster...."

... a no-cost, two-year training initiative designed to prepare Oʻahu high school juniors for careers in aviation maintenance and mechanics ....

... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....

... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....

... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....

... the fees have been collected but have not been used, and for a very long time ....

“Trustees rolled up their sleeves and engaged the details like never before — offering and approving amendments live at the table, line by line, in full public view."

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....