Catherine Toth Fox: A Plant Nursery In Kaimuki Is Helping Students With Disabilities Find Jobs
For the past decade, a resource teacher has helped hundreds of students gain vocational skills through their work at the nursery.
Neal Milner: We Need To Stay Honest About The Benefits Of Early Childhood Education
Ready Keiki must be flexible, experimental and welcome evidence-based criticism.
Eric Stinton: Why I Have A Pride Flag In My Classroom
It’s to make up for my own insensitivity when I was young, and to provoke conversations with kids with attitudes like I used to have.
Budget Gap Puts Brakes On Public School Capital Improvement Projects
English learner programs and mathematics initiatives are also not currently funded.
Green Selects Business Leader To Head BOE
Warren Haruki will take over as chair of the Board of Education in July.
A Lauded Summer Food Program Has Restarted But Rural Kids Could Miss Out Due To USDA Rules
Demographic shifts mean that all of Maui County is excluded from a federal program meant to benefit kids in rural communities.
Hawaii Lawmakers Did Not Fund The Overpass To Kihei’s New High School
This could mean yet another delay in the decade-long debacle to construct a safe crossing for students.
Hawaii DOE Has Returned Millions Of Dollars That Could Have Bought Local Food
Hawaii’s congressional delegation wants to know why the money it fights for is not being used by the Department of Education.
Native Hawaiians Are Overrepresented In Prisons. Cultural Education Could Help
Windward Community College is one of the only higher education institutions in Hawaii offering culturally focused classes in prison.
The Sunshine Blog: Schools Chief Gets A Job Review, And The Latest On The Feds’ Not-So-Secret Document
Short takes, outtakes, observations and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.