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Lucky We Live In Hawaii, Where College Can Be Affordable Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lucky We Live In Hawaii, Where College Can Be Affordable

A ProPublica database uses federal student aid data to compare college affordability across the country for low-income students. Hawaii’s flagship public university stacks up well.

BOE Forms Investigative Committee To Explore Charter School Oversight PF Bentley/Civil Beat

BOE Forms Investigative Committee To Explore Charter School Oversight

The state school board says concerns over charter schools and the commission that oversees them warrants a closer look.

Suit Alleges ‘Monstrous Sexual Abuse’ Of 26 Boys At Kamehameha Schools Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Suit Alleges ‘Monstrous Sexual Abuse’ Of 26 Boys At Kamehameha Schools

The lawsuit filed Tuesday details “decades” of sexual abuse of boys at the hands of the school psychiatrist.

Charter School Oversight Is An Increasingly Contentious Issue Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Charter School Oversight Is An Increasingly Contentious Issue

Comments from a recent Board of Education listening tour highlight the troubled聽relationship between charter schools and the state agency tasked with overseeing them.

CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court Flickr: NIAID

CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court

鲍辫诲补迟别诲:听A Hawaii law center is suing the Centers for Disease Control to release a safety report critical of a University of Hawaii biolab.

UH Law Grad To Clerk For Sotomayor Civil Beat file photo

UH Law Grad To Clerk For Sotomayor

It’s the first time a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry has served as a law clerk with聽a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Are Charter Schools Funded Equitably? Lawmakers Want Clearer Numbers Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Are Charter Schools Funded Equitably? Lawmakers Want Clearer Numbers

Legislators consider money requests from the Charter School Commission and the state Department of Education.

Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii?

UH Manoa offers two fully online degree programs, a stark contrast to the 16 programs offered on average at comparable institutions.

University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation Cory Lum/Civil Beat

University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation

Two-thirds聽of UH Manoa students may not be taking all the courses they need to graduate in four years. Can a new computer program change that and save the state millions?

Hawaii Cited As ‘Model’ For Efforts To Apply Science To Community Issues Marina Riker/Civil Beat

Hawaii Cited As ‘Model’ For Efforts To Apply Science To Community Issues

Hundreds of students in the islands have taken courses in the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program.