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Iolani School’s high teacher vaccination rate and plans to soon offer free coronavirus testing to students set it apart from public schools.

Hawaii is rethinking its teacher recruitment strategies, including virtual job fairs, but it’s a hard sell when even preexisting successful initiatives face a shaky future.

The leader of the Hawaii Department of Education talks about how schools are weathering COVID-19, bills at the Legislature and the struggle to innovate.

When there’s no money to argue over, the Legislature starts getting into other people’s business.

University of Hawaii President David Lassner plans to cut his own pay by 20%.

Christina Kishimoto said she’ll meet with state health officials and lawmakers Friday to discuss how best to proceed in light of new federal guidance.

The salary incentives were implemented last year to retain special education teachers and other hard-to-fill positions.

The CDC said it was “critical for schools to open as safely and as soon as possible” with the proper safety protocols in place.

The need for teaching kindness and civility became especially acute during ex-President Donald Trump’s turbulent term in the White House, say educators.

St. Ann School has been a fixture in Kaneohe for more than a century but couldn’t overcome pressure from declining enrollment and growing expenses.