A 2017 law required schools give students a grace period before withholding meals for those behind in their payments.
During a series of DOE “listening sessions,” many teachers drew a connection between salaries and classroom conditions and Hawaii’s teacher shortage.
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.
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.
The state has the lowest teacher salary when adjusted for cost of living, according to the personal finance website.
The salary adjustments impact three leadership tiers below the top-level superintendent and will help with recruitment challenges, according to the DOE.
The funds would help offset the added costs of operating a school outside the urban hub of Oahu, such as gas and mileage to cover travel for athletic events and field trips.
The”C-Base program,” which was a pathway to a community school diploma for non-traditional students, is being replaced by a program that focuses on work readiness.
Fewer students means less revenue for the university system.
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.
The state has the lowest teacher salary when adjusted for cost of living, according to the personal finance website.
The salary adjustments impact three leadership tiers below the top-level superintendent and will help with recruitment challenges, according to the DOE.
The funds would help offset the added costs of operating a school outside the urban hub of Oahu, such as gas and mileage to cover travel for athletic events and field trips.
The”C-Base program,” which was a pathway to a community school diploma for non-traditional students, is being replaced by a program that focuses on work readiness.
Fewer students means less revenue for the university system.
The 2018-19 School Climate Survey from the Hawaii Department of Education shows a wide discrepancy in student safety responses among public high schools.
Landed is expanding in Hawaii to include employees in higher ed.
The University of Hawaii is coming up with creative ways to eliminate traditional textbooks.
Several Hawaiian immersion schools are seeing a spike in interest this year from parents energized by opposition to construction of a telescope on Mauna Kea.
Schools with the infrastructure to support new air conditioning units will be tasked with paying for and installing units on their own, instead of relying on the DOE.
The college has seen a 25% decline in enrollment over the last decade and plans to eliminate 329 student employee positions in the coming year.
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