As her new charter school, Kamalani Academy, prepares to open, school founder, Kuuipo Laumatia, take us on a walk through last-minute snafus and solutions.

Join Kamalani Academy on its first day of school and take a peek inside classrooms as students and teachers get to know each other.

Kamalani Academy adopts a medieval school tradition made popular by Harry Potter to help teach Hawaiian values.

Kamalani Academy teachers talk about their journey to the classroom, and the triumphs and pitfalls of starting a new charter school.

Efforts in Arkansas to close the achievement gap for Marshallese students could hold some valuable lessons for Kamalani.

Civil Beat visits Pomaikai Elementary, an arts integration school on Maui, to see why Kamalani Academy’s founders used it as a model for their charter school.

Pomaikai Elementary students report from inside their Maui school.

Despite efforts to build a culture of collaboration, Kamalani Academy faced a multitude of challenges with staff turnover and figuring out exactly how the school should be run.

An innovative new charter school continues to struggle with parent communication and teacher turnover in its second year.

Hawaii schools have joined a growing educational movement that emphasizes “whole child” development, not just academics.