21st Century Schools Require a 21st Century Board of Education
Hawaii’s statewide school board needs to improve its own communication and technology capabilities if it wants schools to improve.
Debate Is Crucial to Overcome the Private-Public School Divide
A product of public schools ponders what his work sharpening Punahou students’ speaking skills means for those left behind.
Top Hawaii Business Execs Tapped to Find New UH Athletics Director
The head of a major land company will head the search for someone to turn around a program that is $3.5 million in the hole.
Better Standards Are the First Step Toward Better Schools in Hawaii
Common Core has sparked sharp debate among teachers and parents in the islands, but the standards offer clear learning goals to guide education, teachers and students.
Audit Faults University of Hawaii’s Use of Certain Funding Sources
UH agreed with many recommendations, but disputed the state auditor’s call to repeal six of the 65 funds reviewed.
Kim Coco: DOE Must Expand Local Control; Athletics Good Place to Start
Why is the $11 million interscholastic sports budget still treated as a sacred cow that can’t be trusted to the decisions of individual schools?
Former Adversaries Unite in One of Two Upcoming Education Civil Cafes
Free public discussions about improving education in Hawaii will cover teacher development and how the state should handle preschool education.
University of Hawaii Makes Its Case for More State Support
School officials are asking lawmakers for millions in taxpayer money over the next two years to cover increased operating costs.
Lava Flow Illuminates What is Most Important in Classroom Instruction
The unfolding disaster on the Big Island was slow-moving enough to allow time for this evacuating schoolteacher to have an epiphany.
Kim Coco: Reform Fatigue? Ige & Co. Have a Chance to Effect Real Change
Some advice for the new governor as he presses ahead with his education agenda.