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Hawaii Schools May Soon Experience A Wave of Retirements Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaii Schools May Soon Experience A Wave of Retirements

Three of the state’s 15 complex area superintendents are leaving this school year. Many more school officials will soon be eligible to retire.

Connecting Local Kids To Well-Paying Jobs In Hawaii Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

Connecting Local Kids To Well-Paying Jobs In Hawaii

Education and business leaders recently came together to brainstorm how to fill companies’ needs with young people trained in Hawaii.

Kauai Students’ Teacher Housing Proposal Recognized Courtesy of The Department of Land and Natural Resources

Kauai Students’ Teacher Housing Proposal Recognized

The Kauai Community College students earned second-place at a national entrepreneurship challenge.

Most UH Students Are People Of Color But Their Teachers Are Mainly White Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Most UH Students Are People Of Color But Their Teachers Are Mainly White

But the percentage of non-white faculty is increasing, going from 44% in 2013 to about 50% in 2018

UHPA Names New Executive Director

UHPA Names New Executive Director

Christian Fern succeeds Kristeen Hanselman.

Hawaii Schools Are Making Progress In Career And Technical Education Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaii Schools Are Making Progress In Career And Technical Education

Completion of a vocational education program was the only area where DOE students showed improvement in the 2018-19 school year.

Why Hawaii Kids Can Still Be Denied School Lunches Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Why Hawaii Kids Can Still Be Denied School Lunches

A 2017 law required schools give students a grace period before withholding meals for those behind in their payments.

Teachers Weary Of Pay That Makes It Tough To Stay In The Classroom — Or Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Teachers Weary Of Pay That Makes It Tough To Stay In The Classroom — Or Hawaii

During a series of DOE “listening sessions,” many teachers drew a connection between salaries and classroom conditions and Hawaii’s teacher shortage.

Even Free Tuition Isn’t Enough To Attract People To This Hawaii Teacher Program Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Even Free Tuition Isn’t Enough To Attract People To This Hawaii Teacher Program

A three-year-old initiative to train highly qualified teachers in Hawaii isn’t seeing a high number of applications, despite a push to recruit new candidates.

Audit: Poor Oversight Of State Law Lost DOE Millions Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Audit: Poor Oversight Of State Law Lost DOE Millions

A new state audit slams the Hawaii Department of Education for lax management of a decade-old law meant to lessen the financial burden of building new schools.