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Hawaii Aims To Quicken The Pace Of School Repairs Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

Hawaii Aims To Quicken The Pace Of School Repairs

The Department of Education wants to demystify how it is handling a hefty repair and maintenance backlog.

UH Regents Approve New Leadership Organization PF Bentley/Civil Beat

UH Regents Approve New Leadership Organization

The recombining of the University of Hawaii system president with the Manoa chancellor is among other bureaucratic shifts coming to UH.

Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse

The latest employment data from the Hawaii DOE shows a year-over-year struggle to hold on to teachers as the number of positions continues to grow.

Protections For Transgender Kids Still Spotty Inside Schools Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Protections For Transgender Kids Still Spotty Inside Schools

It’s been three years since the Hawaii Department of Education issued guidance around transgender student protections. But how widely have those policies been implemented in the schools?

For Four Generations, Teaching Has Been ‘The Family Business’ Courtesy Shane Albritton

For Four Generations, Teaching Has Been ‘The Family Business’

In 1921, Ethel Day was recruited from Illinois to teach in Honolulu. She would be the first in a line of Hawaii school teachers that spans nearly a century.

Report: DOE Has Mostly Fixed Flaws In Its Bus Transportation System Katherine Poythress/Civil Beat

Report: DOE Has Mostly Fixed Flaws In Its Bus Transportation System

UPDATED: A 2012 state audit had faulted the department for allowing costs to skyrocket as competitive bidding for contracts ceased.

Why The Effort To Curb School Bullying In Hawaii Isn’t Working Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

Why The Effort To Curb School Bullying In Hawaii Isn’t Working

The Department of Education has historically opposed legislation, saying its own policies will be sufficient. But the lawsuits keep coming.

A Maui Mother Recounts Her Daughter’s Struggle With Bullying Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A Maui Mother Recounts Her Daughter’s Struggle With Bullying

The fourth-grader’s experience is included in a pending lawsuit against the Hawaii Department of Education.

With ConAm Invalidated, Supporters And Opponents Ponder Next Moves Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

With ConAm Invalidated, Supporters And Opponents Ponder Next Moves

If Hawaii is going to spend more on public education, it’s unclear where the money will come from.

Court Strikes Down Education Tax Ballot Measure Marcel Honore/Civil Beat

Court Strikes Down Education Tax Ballot Measure

UPDATED: The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled the language wasn’t clear enough on a proposed constitutional amendment to fund public schools.