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Hawaii Schools Are Inching Back Toward Pre-Pandemic Student Achievement Levels Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Schools Are Inching Back Toward Pre-Pandemic Student Achievement Levels

Schools across the state showed modest gains in test scores, but it will likely take years for students to fully recover academically.

‘It’s Not Just About The Plants’: A Hawaii Educator Unearths Life Lessons In A High School Garden Alicia Lou/Civil Beat/2022

‘It’s Not Just About The Plants’: A Hawaii Educator Unearths Life Lessons In A High School Garden

A Kaiser High School teacher is educating students through his community garden and an extracurricular environmental club he helped build from the ground up.

Hawaii Public School Teachers To See Long-Awaited Pay Raises In November Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Public School Teachers To See Long-Awaited Pay Raises In November

Education officials said the final implementation plan presented Thursday will help efforts to retain experienced teachers.

Schools Are Harnessing Solar Power In Record Numbers Courtesy: Hawaii DOE/2014

Schools Are Harnessing Solar Power In Record Numbers

Hawaii was among the top places nationally to adopt solar along with California, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem

Students in Hawaii were struggling with mental health challenges long before the pandemic, but the state has few school psychologists to help address their needs.

A ‘School Within A School’ Is Building Community And Food Security In Hana Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

A ‘School Within A School’ Is Building Community And Food Security In Hana

A local nonprofit is helping train the next generation of agricultural leaders.

Early Starts And Late-Night Screens: Why Teens Struggle To Get Enough Sleep Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Early Starts And Late-Night Screens: Why Teens Struggle To Get Enough Sleep

There are good reasons it’s hard to roust a teenager from bed for school, but they can be addressed.

Outmigration In Hawaii Is Expected To Drive Major Declines In Public School Enrollment Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Outmigration In Hawaii Is Expected To Drive Major Declines In Public School Enrollment

About half of students leaving public school in Hawaii are moving to the mainland.

Hawaii High School Students To Get Free Rides On Public Transportation Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii High School Students To Get Free Rides On Public Transportation

The state-funded pilot program is aimed at helping families amid a school bus driver shortage that has dragged on for more than a year.

Eric Stinton: How A High School In California Could Be A Model For Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Eric Stinton: How A High School In California Could Be A Model For Hawaii

The Career Technical Education Charter High School offers an alternative education focused on the construction and manufacturing industries.