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Catherine Toth Fox: A Plant Nursery In Kaimuki Is Helping Students With Disabilities Find Jobs Catherine Toth Fox/Civil Beat/2023

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 readykeiki.org

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 Courtesy: Jimmy Lee/2023

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 Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

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 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

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 David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

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 Courtesy: Hawaii DOE

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 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

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 Charlotte West/Open Campus

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 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

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.