Benefits Huge When We Invest in Schools Legislators Urged to Commit to Improving Education The "inconvenient truth" is that the poor condition of our public school campuses reflects long-standing priorities of our community. read more>>
Keeping Highly Qualified Teachers Requires Affordable Housing Cost of Living an Issue in Location Decisions Currently, 50 percent of newly hired teachers leave Hawaii public schools within five years. The shortage of highly qualified teachers in Hawaii’s public school is only going to increase in the coming years. read more>>
HSTA Supports Hui Ho'omalu in Recruiting Foster/Resource Families Partnership Will Help Boost Program Awareness In Hawai'i, there are over 2,100 children and youth in foster care. These children have been abused or neglected and their families are unable to care for them. read more>>
NEA Testifies Against Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind Law President Reg Weaver Calls Draft Language “Dysfunctional” NEA President Reg Weaver called on members of the House Education and Labor Committee to reject draft language currently under discussion for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act while testifying to the Committee today. read more>>
New Report Indicates That Americans Believe NCLB Narrows Curriculum Poll Shows Public Increasingly Views NCLB Unfavorably According to the 39th Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Annual Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, more Americans are more familiar with the federal No Child Left Behind Act than they were last year -- and like it even less. read more>>
NEA President Calls on Congress to Invest in Education Closing Tax Loopholes and Creating Economic Development Centers Are Key National Education Association President Reg Weaver is calling for a new, national education initiative to strengthen schools and develop the nation's "human capital" in order to keep America competitive in the 21st century. read more>>
Parents Television Council Slams Ratings TV Executives Still Hiding Behind a System that Doesn’t Work This is the Parents Television Council’s fifth report examining the television ratings system. The Council concluded that the ratings system is a sham. read more>>
Bush Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Public Schools President's Budget Cuts $1.5 Billion from Education, Eliminates 44 Programs The National Education Association (NEA) has labeled the budget recently sent to Congress by the Bush Administration "a political shell game" that would take more money from already underfunded public schools. read more>>
Crisis in the Classroom Solving Hawaii’s Public School Teacher Shortage In some Hawaii public school classrooms, you can feel the energy. It’s what happens when inquisitive students engage with an experienced, highly qualified teacher. This is a learning environment that fosters student achievement. It’s the spark we strive to ignite in all our public schools, not just the privileged few. read more>>
Curtail teacher shortage now! President Roger Takabayashi testified at the Board of Education meeting to talk about good news in the public schools and the need to end the teacher shortage. read more>>