Hawaii’s Charter School Overseers Are Feeling ‘Under Assault’
Amid complaints and the resignation of their director, Charter School Commission members face an uncertain future.
Embattled Leader of Charter School Oversight Agency To Resign
The relationship between the commission and charter school leaders has become increasingly contentious in the last year.
Collective Bargaining For Grad Students?
Measures before the Hawaii Legislature would create a unit for graduate student assistants employed at the University of Hawaii.
Hawaii Teachers Kick Off ‘Do-Or-Die’ Campaign For Education Reform
Legislative proposals would dramatically change public education in Hawaii, but paying for them is a problem.
Faculty Members Take On UH Over Claims Of Broken Promises, Retribution
A case heard Thursday by the Hawaii Labor Relations Board alleges the university didn’t honor key conditions of one professor’s hire letter and retaliated against another.
Committee OKs Bill To Shield UH Regents From Revealing Financial Info
Bankers, former regents and contractors supported the measure while the Ethics Commission and University of Hawaii faculty union opposed it.
Living Hawaii: Can You Afford To Be A Teacher In The Islands?
The cost of living weighs so heavily on schoolteachers that many fear they will never get ahead if they stay here.
The Heat Is On State Lawmakers To Cool Off School Classrooms
A teachers union proposal to raise taxes for wide-ranging education improvements is a long shot, but just about everyone is talking about more air conditioning.
Do Parents And Teachers Really Have A Say In How Schools Run?
A decade after Act 51 mandated that each school in Hawaii have a school community council, it’s unclear how well the system is — or isn’t — working.Â
Falling Apart: Politics At Play With UH Maintenance Backlog?
The Legislature says it’s a management problem, but the university maintains it’s an issue of funding. Meanwhile, campus facilities continue to crumble to the detriment of students.