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Hawaii DOE Has Changed Up Its Teacher Recruitment And Early Results Are Promising Hawaii News Now

Hawaii DOE Has Changed Up Its Teacher Recruitment And Early Results Are Promising

The department has made 690 local and 277 out-of-state hires to start the school year. 

Ben Lowenthal: Students Don’t Have The Same Privacy Rights As Everyone Else Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Ben Lowenthal: Students Don’t Have The Same Privacy Rights As Everyone Else

The Hawaii Supreme Court set the standard for student privacy in the 1990s and it hasn’t shifted.

Why Hawaii Can’t Solve Its School Bus Driver Shortage Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Why Hawaii Can’t Solve Its School Bus Driver Shortage

The Department of Education canceled or suspended bus service for 14 schools statewide after dozens of drivers quit.

Jonathan Okamura: Hawaii Is Aggressively Recruiting Teachers From The Philippines James Urbaniak/DOE/2023

Jonathan Okamura: Hawaii Is Aggressively Recruiting Teachers From The Philippines

Bringing in new hires from the Philippines could help with our teacher shortage. But the DOE also should look to qualified Filipino teachers who are already here.

UH Got Nearly $516M In Extramural Research Funding. Here’s What That Means Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

UH Got Nearly $516M In Extramural Research Funding. Here’s What That Means

The University of Hawaii set a new record in grants received from the federal government, industry and nonprofit groups.

Opening In August: See Inside Maui’s New High School Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Opening In August: See Inside Maui’s New High School

The Kihei campus is the first new public high school to open in Hawaii in 23 years.

Court Rules In Favor Of Hawaii Charter School In ‘Strip Search’ Lawsuit Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Court Rules In Favor Of Hawaii Charter School In ‘Strip Search’ Lawsuit

Defendants successfully argued that the school and its director were immune from claims of assault and battery.

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii Needs A Nonprofit Private Research University Provided: UH West Oahu

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii Needs A Nonprofit Private Research University

It’s time to reverse the brain drain by creating a more diverse and dynamic higher education system here in the islands.

Principal Performed Unlawful Strip Search Of High School Girls, Lawsuit Alleges Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Principal Performed Unlawful Strip Search Of High School Girls, Lawsuit Alleges

The students’ parents were not informed of the search, a violation of school policy, the complaint said.

Kamalani Academy Was Due To Close, But It’s Getting A Second Chance Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Kamalani Academy Was Due To Close, But It’s Getting A Second Chance

The public charter school in Wahiawa will be under more stringent financial and enrollment oversight.