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The Department of Education defended the chair’s use as a safety precaution. The child’s mother called it “restraint” and “punishment.”

The president of Ground Transport said the Oahu-based company continues to recruit more bus drivers.

For Hawaii’s teachers, events like Charlottesville and the nation’s polarized political climate offer challenging lessons for their students — and themselves.

Poi and lau-lau, not burgers, are the focus of healthier menus at two charter schools taking part in a $170,000 pilot program.

A state official asserted Roberts Hawaii’s offer to take back three school bus routes would have sharply raised costs.

In a candid interview, Christina Kishimoto reiterates her strong support for public schools and the educators who are trying hard to make them better.

The Legislature provided $2.8 million to expand the Hawaii Keiki program, which places nurses in schools.

The governor is pleased with the selection of the new superintendent, but says he played no role in her selection or the ouster of her predecessor.

A startup charter school’s co-habitation with a regular public high school marks the first existing partnership of its kind in Hawaii.

Some lawmakers say DOE should have let parents know earlier about the problems, which is forcing many students to wait an hour or more for buses.