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Honolulu鈥檚 Teenagers: Their Lives Are Defined By Resilience And Cautious Optimism Christian Cristobal

Honolulu鈥檚 Teenagers: Their Lives Are Defined By Resilience And Cautious Optimism

The pandemic and political upheaval of the past two years have changed Gen Z鈥檚 definitions of hope, fear and success.

Reforming Our Education System In The Wake Of The Pandemic PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Reforming Our Education System In The Wake Of The Pandemic

We are at an optimal moment to empower individual principals and schools and create the real change we’ve talked about for decades.

Summer School Offers Kids A ‘Last Chance’ To Catch Up Before New School Year Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Summer School Offers Kids A ‘Last Chance’ To Catch Up Before New School Year

Federal relief money enabled Hawaii to offer summer school for free this year to help students overcome pandemic-related setbacks.

Incoming Hawaii Teachers Union Chief Offers Changes In Style Not Substance Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Incoming Hawaii Teachers Union Chief Offers Changes In Style Not Substance

HSTA Vice President Osa Tui Jr., registrar at McKinley High, will take the helm of the union in July.

How One Hawaii Foundation Is Helping Build A Local Tutor Pipeline For Schools Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

How One Hawaii Foundation Is Helping Build A Local Tutor Pipeline For Schools

A disrupted academic year has caused many high school students to fall behind. A new partnership will connect them to local college students to help them catch up.

University Of Hawaii Officials Push Back Against Proposed Budget Cuts Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

University Of Hawaii Officials Push Back Against Proposed Budget Cuts

The system could still see about $90 million in federal relief funds, half of which must be distributed as grants to students.

Hawaii To Launch School-Based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii To Launch School-Based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics

The clinics, which are seen as a key step toward fully reopening campuses, will begin Thursday at Waipahu High School.

Many Hawaii High Schools Plan In-Person Graduation Ceremonies Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Many Hawaii High Schools Plan In-Person Graduation Ceremonies

Schools’ graduation plans this month reflect an easing of in-person restrictions compared with last May during the onset of the pandemic.

Kamehameha Schools Is Struggling To Replace An Outgoing Trustee Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Kamehameha Schools Is Struggling To Replace An Outgoing Trustee

The process for selecting a replacement for Micah Kane, who serves on the board of one of the wealthiest and most powerful organizations in Hawaii, is raising questions.

Head Of Hawaii’s Teachers’ Union Is Vying To Be Interim Superintendent Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Head Of Hawaii’s Teachers’ Union Is Vying To Be Interim Superintendent

The application window for an interim deputy superintendent role officially closes Friday at 11:59 pm.