The federal lawsuit, filed earlier this week, comes several months after a former education assistant at a Big Island high school was sentenced for third-degree sexual assault.
Starting blended learning a few weeks after winter break — rather than at the start of the third quarter — would help ease the transition back into the classroom.
Many board members expressed consternation at proposed cuts that will largely be absorbed by schools in order to plug a minimum $165 million pandemic-related shortfall.
Hawaii State Teachers Association warns that proposed cuts could mean a loss of 1,000 teacher positions.
Latest figures show Hawaii’s public schools lost 1,023 more students in the first quarter as overall enrollment plunged nearly 3% compared with last year.
Should parents be forced to send their children back to school even when they feel it is unsafe? At least one Hawaii public school is saying yes.
Principals on the mainland have adopted their framework for a weekly online discussion stemming from the pandemic.
School leaders are preparing contingency plans due to huge funding shortfalls brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a briefing with legislators, school leaders said they were also encouraged by the low rate of teacher vacancies during the pandemic.
Hawaii State Teachers Association warns that proposed cuts could mean a loss of 1,000 teacher positions.
Latest figures show Hawaii’s public schools lost 1,023 more students in the first quarter as overall enrollment plunged nearly 3% compared with last year.
Should parents be forced to send their children back to school even when they feel it is unsafe? At least one Hawaii public school is saying yes.
Principals on the mainland have adopted their framework for a weekly online discussion stemming from the pandemic.
School leaders are preparing contingency plans due to huge funding shortfalls brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a briefing with legislators, school leaders said they were also encouraged by the low rate of teacher vacancies during the pandemic.
Improved civil rights protections for students, a renewed national focus on schools and the next secretary of education are top of mind.
The Hawaii Department of Education’s internal review of the remote learning tool found the inappropriate content in lessons to be “severe, pervasive and persistent.”
Audio diaries from nine Oahu teenagers reveal how Generation Z was uniquely prepared to weather disruptions from the pandemic.
