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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What America’s Teachers Want This Election
Start investing in schools, instead of punishing them
"Instead of punishing schools that need help the most, educators, parents and the public want to see investments in the classroom," NEA President Reg Weaver said.
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Teachers and Others of Hawaiian Ancestry
An Opportunity for Native Hawaiian Self-Determination
Native Hawaiians who wish to take part in the formation of a Native Hawaiian government should participate in the "Kau Inoa" registration process.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin to Gov: Release Education Funds
Editorial cites textbooks and elementary school teacher shortages
Star-Bulletin editors point out that key reforms will be jeopardized unless the governor releases the funds appropriated for the "Reinventing Education Act" passed by the legislature. The provisions of the Act, for which HSTA fought hard, are essential to improving student achievement in Hawaii's public schools.
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'No Child Left Behind' Funding Plan Shortchanges Schools
It makes a mean-spirited measure even more draconian
HSTA president Roger Takabayashi said, “I agree completely with the statement National Education Association (NEA) President Reg Weaver made faulting the House Appropriations Committee Labor-HHS-Education bill.
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NEA President’s Speech Energizes Hawaii Teachers
Student achievement and the future of public education at stake
On Independence Day, the 70 Hawaii teachers participating in the National Education Association (NEA) annual conference in Washington D.C. enthsiatically received NEA President Reg Weaver's keynote speech to the more than 9,000 members in attendance.
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HSTA Members Vote 'Yes' On New Contract
13,000-Plus Public School Teachers Ratify Contract, But Call for Additional Pay Increases In Future To Help End Chronic Teacher Shortage
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HSTA Wins Salary Increases for Hawaii's Public School Teachers
Settlement Important First Step Toward Ending Chronic Teacher Shortage
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HSTA President Responds to Criticism in the Advertiser
Student Achievement Is Our Goal
HSTA President Roger Takabayashi explains how the public school teachers' union strives to provide the best learning environment for Hawaii's children.
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Let's Listen to Teachers!
President's Address to Teachers at 2004 HSTA Convention
It's time to listen to the people working in the trenches to improve education. Their experience and insight are needed now more than ever.
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Elementary Teacher Tells How to Fix Teacher Salaries
It's So Easy, Even Politicians Can Understand It
From Kihei, Maui, Kamali'i Elementary School Teacher, Vern Dahl, explains the salary schedule and cost-of-living step pay, and why Hawaii's teachers need both
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HSTA Launches Ad Campaign in Support of Ed Reform
New Ad Focuses on Funding Changes and REAL Reform
To view ad,
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Cartoon of DOE Secretary Paige Worth 1,000 Words
Thanks to R.J. Matson of The New York Observer and Roll Call
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Bush Education Secretary Labels Teachers
In the ongoing war on terror, America has faced numerous, often-unnamed terrorist groups that would threaten our very democracy. Now, according to President Bush's education policy chief, we know who the terrorists are: America's school teachers.
Cabinet member Rod Paige, the U.S. Secretary of Education, touched off a firestorm of criticism this week by calling members of the National Education Association – America's teachers and school employees – a "terrorist organization." Hawaii’s 13,000 HSTA members also belong to the NEA.
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Research fails to back gov on school boards
Lingle says smaller districts will improve student
performance, but experts say there is little evidence
For the complete Honolulu Star-Bulletin story
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Why HSTA opposes abolishing the elected BOE
Roger Takabayashi’s Testimony on House Bill 2331
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HSTA Offers Six Steps to Helping Students Succeed in the Classroom
1-28-2004
Honolulu – Today Hawaii’s teachers lent their collective voice to the education reengineering debate by offering recommendations for helping Hawaii’s students succeed in the classroom in a white paper entitled, “Every Child Succeeds.”
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NAEP Results Represent Steady Improvements in Hawaii’s Public Schools
The performance of Hawaii's fourth and eighth graders in mathematics and reading is good and encouraging news.
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Teachers Call for Universal Pre-K and Full-Day Kindergarten
The policy calls on states to provide full-day kindergarten for all children. The new policy also supports the creation of publicly funded, universal preschool programs for all three- and four-year olds
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Aloha United Way
The Aloha United Way and its agencies provide much needed services to individuals and families.
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