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Student Debt Puts Hawaiʻi’s Older Adults At Risk Of Social Security Cuts  Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

Student Debt Puts Hawaiʻi’s Older Adults At Risk Of Social Security Cuts 

People who stopped paying their student loans during the Covid-19 pandemic could soon start facing reductions in their monthly Social Security benefits.

Can Learning Cursive Help Kids Read Better? Policymakers Think It’s Worth A Try AP Photo/Bob Bird

Can Learning Cursive Help Kids Read Better? Policymakers Think It’s Worth A Try

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

DOE Looks To Expand Leadership Team Amid Bus Shortages And Facility Woes Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

DOE Looks To Expand Leadership Team Amid Bus Shortages And Facility Woes

State education leaders say creating a new assistant superintendent position could improve operations, but the department is close to doubling the number of top leadership posts since 2012.

Union Fears Maui ICE Raid Will Scare Away Foreign Teachers Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press/2024

Union Fears Maui ICE Raid Will Scare Away Foreign Teachers

Hawaiʻi has been recruiting teachers from the Philippines for several years to address the state’s ongoing teacher shortage.

Education: Hawaiʻi’s Working Families Need More Support Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Education: Hawaiʻi’s Working Families Need More Support

Advocates for working families are concerned that bad things are coming with federal cuts and hoped the Legislature would do more to increase the state’s safety net.

Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs

The Department of Education wants more power over school construction and repairs, but some state leaders are skeptical of the change.

Data Dive: Here’s How Many Kids Are Unvaccinated At Your School Getty Images/iStockphoto

Data Dive: Here’s How Many Kids Are Unvaccinated At Your School

More than 20% of students in Hawaiʻi don’t have all of the vaccines required to attend school.

Lee Cataluna: This Teacher Provides College Scholarships. And So Much More Lee Cataluna/Civil Beat/2025

Lee Cataluna: This Teacher Provides College Scholarships. And So Much More

Rod Maghsoudlou says he wants to give scholarships to 50 kids before he retires. He’s about halfway there.

Hawaiʻi’s Parks Are Strained. Should DOE Open Campuses To Help? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi’s Parks Are Strained. Should DOE Open Campuses To Help?

With limited space at city parks, communities are calling for the education department to make schools more accessible for recreational use.

Proposed Funding Cuts Could Reduce Access To Hawaiʻi Libraries David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Proposed Funding Cuts Could Reduce Access To Hawaiʻi Libraries

Potential cuts to staff and construction funds for the state library system also come amid ongoing uncertainty around federal support.