Kapiolani Community College staff acted quickly Thursday morning to remove signs that had been posted on trees, pillars and walls on campus with messages that appeared to malign certain groups. Read more
Everyone in Hawaii should stop vaping until more is known about how it is triggering serious lung illnesses, officials announced Monday as they began investigating a second possible case here. Read more
Less than a year after opening its custom-built hilltop facility, Kihei Charter School has become one of the state’s largest charter schools — even after turning away more than 150 children in August for lack of space. Read more
An assortment of problems means a delay of three to four years before the new campus can open, DOE says. Read more
The academic performance of Hawaii public school students stagnated this year, with the proficiency rate in math staying flat and slight dips in language arts and science. Read more
The number of students in Hawaii’s charter schools rose again this year while overall public school enrollment dipped slightly. Read more
All private schools in Hawaii will need to be licensed or accredited by July 1, and students attending schools that do not comply will be considered truant under a bill signed by Gov. David Ige. Read more
An independent investigation of a possible data breach found no evidence that information on Hawaii public school students was viewed or stolen from a college planning website. Read more
As a seventh grader at Waianae Intermediate, Crystal Cebedo got straight A’s and led the color guard team while navigating her toughest road ever — and capturing that journey on film. Read more
A state Circuit Court jury Friday found Nathaniel Foster guilty of manslaughter for shooting 24-year-old Kioco Melson multiple times in an illegal game room in 2016. Read more
Mid-Pacific Institute is resuming ocean-related trips off campus this school year with new safeguards, in the wake of the drownings of a staff member and a 5-year-old boy during a kayaking excursion over spring break. Read more
Gov. David Ige’s campaign to cool 1,000 classrooms exceeded its goal in September 2017, but some of those systems, powered by electricity from the sun, are already on the fritz. Read more
A report that faulted Hawaii’s public schools for suspending students far longer than the rest of the country was wrong and the Aloha State is actually near the national norm, according to Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto. Read more
Bullying and harassment will be treated as among the most serious offenses for high school students in Hawaii under a revised discipline code passedby the Board of Education. Read more
State and local government offices are closed today, and that’s about the only way the 60th anniversary of Hawaii becoming a state will be formally celebrated. Read more
Punahou’s new president, Michael Latham, can see from his wood-paneled office the spot where his naval- officer father dropped him off as a 12-year-old for his first day of school. Read more
About a third of the 61 new teachers recruited by Teach for America to work in the islands this year are Native Hawaiian or from Hawaii — and two are returning to their alma maters. Read more
Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said the lost school days were counted multiple times when a student was suspended for more than one infraction at a time. Read more
The Hawaii Disability Rights Center is asking the federal government to investigate why students with disabilities here are suspended from public schools far longer than their peers. Read more
As students head back to public schools across Hawaii today, the first cadre of newly licensed teachers in the “Grow Our Own” initiative are stepping to the front of their classrooms. Read more
A fire Monday afternoon killed a man in his 60s in a single-family house in Palolo, the fourth fatal fire in Honolulu this month, according to Fire Capt. Scot Seguirant. Read more
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