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State Ethics Commission director calls free travel for teachers a conflict of interest, but school superintendent says teachers shouldn’t be expected to pay to work.

Keeping kids sitting at their desks for hours during the day may be more harmful then we think. Let them stand and walk.

The DOE says her case was decided on a technicality, but the instructor who refused to participate seems to represent the frustrations of many colleagues.

Some schools send students home frequently and some don’t, but data for the 2013-14 school year show significant discipline disparities based on ethnicities.

Amid requests from both the Legislature and citizen activists, the BOE is looking at ways to live-stream audio broadcasts of meetings.

Mizumoto, who was appointed by Gov. Ige to the Board of Education in April, will take Don Horner’s spot as BOE chair.

He’s remaining on the board after holding its top spot since the changeover from elected to appointed members in 2011.

The program establishes a new coordinator position to help navigate the food procurement system.

A charter school employee in Kauai files a civil rights complaint over what he says is the practice of forced prayer on campus, illustrating the complex relationship between culture and spirituality at many of the state’s Hawaiian-focused schools.

Closure of Halau Lokahi could lead to legislative changes, and is proving to be a learning moment for the 3-year-old Charter School Commission.