- By Esme M. Infante
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March 26, 2024
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Glancing at the new temporary school on a grassy slope in Pulelehua, Maui, casual onlookers might perceive a simple cluster of boxy modular buildings hurriedly erected in just over three months, but Gov. Josh Green calls the school’s rapid construction “a small miracle” in the wake of a disaster, and he and others also see the beginnings of healing and hope.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 25, 2024
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A year and four months after the University of Hawaii Board of Regents approved a strategic plan that in part calls for UH to “fulfill kuleana to Native Hawaiians and Hawaii,” officials are preparing to select an administrator to implement that “imperative” across the 10-campus system, and meanwhile launching a two-year cultural initiative on the flagship Manoa campus.
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The state Department of Education will update graduation information as needed on its website.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 24, 2024
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Ongoing snarls with the new form have led local organizers of the FAFSA Hawaii Hotline to extend its hours, and push its end date back to May 31.
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Dozens of community members — including mothers, educators and legislators — gathered Friday at the state Capitol to advocate for early childhood care and education.
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- By Collin Binkley / AP Education Writer
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March 22, 2024
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A statement from the Education Department says the problem won’t affect 1.3 million applications that were processed correctly and distributed to colleges this month.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 18, 2024
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That Ed Noh grew up in California and got his start in school leadership in Seattle ironically works in his favor in some ways now that championing the charter-school cause is a big part of his job as the first permanent executive director of the Hawaii Public Charter School Commission in four years.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 15, 2024
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A new inventory of fire alarms at all 258 of Hawaii’s regular public schools plus six public charter schools has found 15 schools’ fire alarm systems to be inoperable, and replacements for most will take three to 10 months, according to state Department of Education officials.
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Kindergarteners at Ka‘ala Elementary School in Wahiawa got to ride 24 new bikes Thursday in a national learn-to-ride program, thanks to a donation from the engineering firm HDR.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 13, 2024
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A proposal to remove the $250,000 salary cap for the state superintendent of Hawaii’s public schools and allow the amount to be set by the state Board of Education passed out of a divided state House Education Committee on Monday, despite opposition via dozens of pieces of testimony and “no” votes by two former teachers on the committee.
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The Education Department says it sent a first batch of student records to a few dozen universities on Sunday and is making final updates before expanding to more universities.
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The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 8, 2024
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Belated awareness of the severe disrepair of some student housing was among the key issues that led state senators to reject Alapaki Nahale-a for a second five-year term as a University of Hawaii regent.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 8, 2024
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The learning loss that Hawaii students suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lower their lifetime earnings by an average of 3.7%, spurring a 1.2% loss in Hawaii’s gross domestic product, or $31.3 billion in present value, according to a new report by the Hoover Institution of Stanford University released Thursday.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 6, 2024
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A deeply divided state Senate voted 13-12 on Tuesday to deny University of Hawaii Board of Regents Interim Chair Alapaki Nahale-a a second five-year term.
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The school has five business days to file an objection to the NLRB and could also take the matter to federal court.
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Hawaii’s building regulations drive the cost of condominium development up 58%, the highest in the nation, according to a report released Monday by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization.
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- By Esme M. Infante
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March 5, 2024
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Following a flurry of eleventh-hour meetings and negotiations Monday at the state Capitol, state senators are set to vote today on whether to confirm embattled University of Hawaii Board of Regents Chair Alapaki Nahale-a for a second term as a regent.
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