Education K-12

...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....

... establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old ... with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030 ....

...The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) permits students to transfer to another public school but only if their current public school meets the state definition of a “persistently dangerous” school....

...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....

...the DOE began taking action after the current system — which has been in place since 1991 — experienced an outage in October 2018 that lasted several weeks, impacting operations and payments to vendors....

...to impose a surcharge on real property tax....

...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....

...Aloha State Parents to Explore Education Options for Upcoming School Year....

...it probably costs more to pay the lawyers than to build the lockerroom....

...HawaiiKidsCAN will host a one-of-a-kind celebration of K-12 education on Sunday, Jan. 26 3-6pm....

...Parents encouraged to provide feedback on their child’s public school....

...Results of State VEX Robotics Championships....

...HSTA got $45M in a contract reopener April 1, 2019.  On December 5, 2019 HSTA and DoE announced a massive pay hike for teachers working in so-called 'hard to fill' positions.  Now in a January 10, 2020, anouncement, the HSTA and Kishimoto are proposing to bump thousands of union members up five steps....

...solar powered systems costing an average of $40,000 per classroom have started breaking down or will only work for a short time every day....

...Saturday, February 8, 2020, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center Ballroom....

...Just 7 months after HSTA's last contract reopener....

...Don’t get the wrong idea.  DoE employees aren’t lazy bums.  According to reports issued today by the Hawaii State ethics commission, they are working very hard on several very important construction projects—but not for the DoE....

...37% of DoE 4th Graders and 32% of 8th Graders can’t read at a basic level...31% of DoE 4th Graders and 42% of DoE 8th Graders can’t do basic science....

...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....

...Trustees voted today to award Kanu o ka ʻĀina Learning ʻOhana (KALO) with a grant to administer the lion’s share of the $3 million....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...High school students on the tiny Micronesian island of Kosrae will be building, programming and competing their own advanced robots for the first time....

...Just 3% of Waianae High juniors tested proficient in math last school year, from 11% the year before....

...Many schools struggle to determine what actions to take when students cannot pay for school meals....

...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....

...and teachers salaries are the lowest in USA when adjusted for cost of living....

...Sham Public Meetings Begin Next Round of HSTA Pay Hike Deals....

...our commitment is to protect our learning environment from approaches that may inappropriately influence or coerce students to a particular political viewpoint....

...a snapshot of how well adults are serving youth through sports, including sections describing the sport ecosystem in each of the four counties....

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