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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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DoE Changes Teacher Evaluations: De-Emphasizes Student Performance
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 5737 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"...In an effort to eliminate the predictive nature of expected targets, EES will focus on student-centered growth that assesses what is valued in the school or Complex Area rather than on Student Learner Outcomes (SLOs)...."
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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Contract Reopener: HSTA Gets Another $45.6M
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 6037 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“This agreement is worth more than $45 million for our members in salary increases and employer contributions to our health care plan, while establishing a pilot program to give teachers more control over their 21 hours (of professional development time)....”
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Legislature Votes to Fund Suicide Prevention
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 5105 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....
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Sunday, April 21, 2019 |
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Financial and Compliance Audit of the Department of Education
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:53 PM :: 4202 Views :: Education K-12
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...one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting ... two significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....
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Sunday, April 21, 2019 |
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HIDOE Achieves Success with Job Order Contracting
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4206 Views :: Education K-12
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...they just make a list of the projects and call them “deferred maintenance”....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Is lack of funding the real problem in the Department of Education?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:54 PM :: 6836 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Taxes
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...UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 4972 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE completing school roof repairs more quickly under 'new' contracting method....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst Financial Knowledge and Education
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 5173 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States....
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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Kishimoto Demands Media Cover Up Failing Schools
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 5889 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...branded an “F.” How does that make the hardworking kids, educators and families of that school community feel?...."
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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2019 Graduation Dates
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 5912 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE announces its 2019 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019 |
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Anti-Vaxxer Charter School May Lose Charter over Financial Irregularities
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 7078 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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...Kona Pacific Public Charter School, 222 students, 37.4 percent not vaccinated....
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Sunday, March 24, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:33 PM :: 9119 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Life, Drugs
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... We believe these bills are unconstitutional ....
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Monday, March 18, 2019 |
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Innovation? Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 7275 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business
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...Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth....
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Sunday, March 17, 2019 |
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Blank the Amount, Defect the Date
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6796 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education, Taxes
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"SB 1474 Senate Draft 2 that proposes an increase in the GET now specifies '__ per cent or $ _____'"
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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GET increase will add to Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 PM :: 6011 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to add 0.5 percent to the 4 percent state general excise tax....
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Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
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Can’t You Spare Half a Penny for Education?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4812 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...what we really need to do is fix the inefficiency....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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GE Tax Hike a Lose-Lose Proposition
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:46 PM :: 4786 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawaii Legislature seems to have learned the wrong lesson from last year’s constitutional amendment debate....
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Sunday, March 3, 2019 |
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HB664 / SB674: Legislators Push Sex Change for Autistic Children
By Andrew Walden @ 9:38 PM :: 7896 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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...Millions of dollars from the DoE budget are on the line if HB664 or SB674 “Relating to Gender Identity” becomes law....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019 |
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What do the FBI, OHA, and Kauai Have in Common?
By Video @ 10:48 PM :: 9664 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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...Illegal Activities? Criminal Coverups? Unsavory Characters?....
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Monday, February 25, 2019 |
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Friday, February 22, 2019 |
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"Everyone" cannot afford another GET surcharge
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:07 PM :: 6385 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, Taxes
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...Senate Bill 1474 proposes levying a 0.5 percent surcharge on the general excise and use tax in order to provide a “dedicated funding source” for the DOE and the University of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Screening Committee Selects Three KSBE Trustee Finalists
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 4564 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...three finalists to replace Kamehameha Schools Trustee Corbett Kalama whose term ends on June 30, 2019. They are: Anton Krucky, Coralie Chun Matayoshi and Crystal Rose....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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BoE Announces Transsexual Bullying Policy--How Many HSTA Members Will be Fired?
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 6870 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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...Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy....
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Friday, February 1, 2019 |
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The Inequality of the Equality Act: Concerns from the Left
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:36 PM :: 8936 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Higher Education
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...The proposed Equality Act would add “gender identity” to the Civil Rights Act of 1964....
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Thursday, January 31, 2019 |
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Ige Launches 5-Year Plan for Early Childhood Education
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 5502 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...Pre-K: Who Will Control Cash Flow, Positions?....
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
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Bullying, Safe Places: 2019 Keiki Caucus Package
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 5993 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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...Bills include tobacco restrictions, bullying prevention, safe places for youth....
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Monday, January 21, 2019 |
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School Choice Week--Activities in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 3884 Views :: Education K-12
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...78 events and activities across the Aloha State, including open house events at schools, school fairs, homeschool information sessions, and other celebrations....
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Sunday, January 20, 2019 |
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Lesson for UH and DoE--How P3 Can Eliminate Deferred Maintenance
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 6436 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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...Public agencies tend to delay or not perform preventive and predictive maintenance. Lack of preventive maintenance of assets of any type leads to deterioration that only accelerates as the maintenance is put off....
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Sunday, January 20, 2019 |
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DOE’s Repair Backlog Is How Much Again?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4214 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...In a budget briefing at the legislature at about this time last year, Department of Education officials reported that their backlog of repair and maintenance jobs was $293 million, and they were patting themselves on the back because it was a significant drop from the $392 million reported in 2010....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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BoE Will Re-Do Sup’t Vote—May Have Acted Illegally on Other Executive Hires
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 5512 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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"...The chairwoman also said the BOE needs to review other past executive-session actions to ascertain whether or not they also should be invalidated...."
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Christian Brothers Oust Damien School President--Dispute Over Child Molestation Settlements
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 10159 Views :: Education K-12, Religion
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...they resisted a request from the Christian Brothers to set aside over a million dollars in potential costs for sex assault lawsuits from the past....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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SPED Parents Asked to Sign up for Medicaid
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 4862 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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State Robotics Championship Set for January
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 3919 Views :: Education K-12
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...Hawaii's top middle and high school robotics teams to compete for five spots at the 2019 VEX Worlds....
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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LifeSmarts: Four High Schools Head to Finals
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 4180 Views :: Education K-12
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...Teams from Iolani, Maryknoll, Punahou and Waipahu high schools have earned their spot to compete at the in-person State Competition, which will be held on Saturday, February 9....
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Friday, December 21, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Releases Opinion Striking Down HSTA Property Tax ConAm
By News Release @ 2:35 AM :: 6503 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...the question posed to voters must be clear and neither misleading nor deceptive....
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Thursday, December 6, 2018 |
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Title IX Lawsuit: ACLU Sues over Lack of Female Athletic Facilities at DoE Schools
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 9151 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...14 DOE high schools “do not have separate athletic locker facilities for girls, even when boys in those same schools do have such access.” ....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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DoE Announces New Scheme to Extract CIP Money from Legislature
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 4366 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE is redesigning its facilities maintenance program to align the Department’s strategic focus....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 6810 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...5,270 students were bullied or harassed again after school officials were made aware of their initial incident....
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Thursday, November 8, 2018 |
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Teachers Union: Push Sovereignty Movement in Classrooms
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 7034 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Labor
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...Sovereignty flows from the will of the people. The people’s will is statehood. But the teacher’s union is pushing the rhetoric of an internationally-known anti-Semite to change your child's mind....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Lower cost of living to help teachers, everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:50 PM :: 5889 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...lower state and county taxes, reduce government regulations, allow more housing to be built, update the federal Jones Act and narrow the scope of occupational licensure....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 7731 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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A victory to savor, but core issue remains
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 PM :: 5187 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...It’s time to open a real dialogue in our state and work together to find real and lasting solutions for education....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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DoE Touts AP Exam Results
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 4785 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...More HIDOE students are both taking and passing Advanced Placement Exams....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 4891 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Only Nevada, Mississippi, and South Carolina are lower....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Affordable Hawaii Coalition: We Will Continue After Victory
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 5128 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The executive committee voted unanimously to continue its commitment to address issues of concern to the people of Hawaii, starting with public education....
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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DoE Antique Mainframe Crashes--Vendors Still Waiting 3 weeks Later
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5728 Views :: Education K-12, Small Business
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...The DOE’s Financial Management System, which dates to the 1990s and is used to process purchase orders and payments, went out of service during an Oct. 6 upgrade....
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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HSTA Property Tax: Two Wolves Fight Over Dinner
By Robert Thomas @ 2:12 AM :: 7446 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor, Taxes
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...the lambs (the voters and taxpayers) didn't have much of a say as usual, and portions of the arguments revealed what these folks think about the intelligence of the average Hawaii voter....
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