Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:28:40-10:00January 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Amanda Lacar, board, BOE, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, federal, firing, funds, HSTA, Julie Reyes Oda, Kenneth Uemura, layoffs, Maggie Cox, Osa Tui, plan, stimulus, tutor, tutoring|
The Hawaii Board of Education Thursday tabled a controversial Hawaii Department of Education proposal to use $53 million in federal pandemic stimulus funds to hire tutors for public school students as the department contemplates laying off hundreds of teachers, education assistants, and other staff.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-22T07:20:00-10:00January 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Biden-Harris administration, feedback, Joe Biden, NEA, public education, recovery, transition|
To determine exactly how this transitional learning period can lead to a safe, more just, and equitable public education for all students, the National Education Association is asking members to share their real concerns and expert ideas.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:31:39-10:00January 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, gov. david ige, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, reduction, testimony|
While the governor's restoration of $123 million in school cuts is an improvement, the Hawaii Department of Education still faces roughly $140 million in cuts with hundreds of potential layoffs, the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s president said.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-20T10:37:00-10:00January 20, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget, budget cuts, Colleen Hanabusa, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, David Ige, federal law, layoffs, prohibits, stimulus|
Congress prohibited budget cuts to public education in Hawaii in its multibillion-dollar pandemic stimulus bills, making illegal the governor and school superintendent’s plans to slash millions from public school budgets next year and lay off more than 1,000 school employees, the Hawaii State Teachers Associated revealed at a news conference Tuesday.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-20T07:29:00-10:00January 20, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, Department of Education, federal funding, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association strongly urges the Hawaii State Board of Education to delay approving the Hawaii State Department of Education’s stimulus funds plan. If passed, the HIDOE plan will violate recently passed federal law, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), hurt relations with the state Legislature, and cause long-term, lasting damage to Hawaii’s keiki and their teachers.
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-30T20:17:18-10:00January 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA, human and civil rights committee, Martin Luther King Jr., racial justice|
While the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted our normal activities, HSTA’s Human and Civil Rights Committee compiled the following digital social and racial justice resources in his honor.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-18T06:35:00-10:00January 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, budget, cuts, Department of Education, furloughs, legislature, operating budget, pay cuts, testimony|
We want to inform board members not only about the impacts budget reductions and proposed position cuts will have on our teachers and students, but that federal funds should not be used to hire private tutors while the state may fire more than 1,000 qualified teachers and other public school staff.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-16T13:43:00-10:00January 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: assistance, budget, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, COVID-19, cuts, federal, job losses, lawmakers, legislature, losses, programs, reductions, relief package|
For the first time Friday, the Hawaii State Department of Education released school-by-school effects of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of budget reductions the governor has directed public schools to endure next school year, resulting in a range of 1,000 to 1,500 job losses, at least half which would affect teachers.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-16T06:25:00-10:00January 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: EL, ELL, English language learner, English learner, HSTA, students, survey|
Those teachers who have EL responsibilities, such as classroom instruction, EL coordination, and/or support for EL services are strongly encouraged to respond.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T10:02:02-10:00January 15, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: assemblies, Christine Alexander, coronavirus, COVID-19, superspreader, waialua high and intermediate|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is appalled that the principal of Waialua High and Intermediate School is holding assemblies with large numbers of students in the school gym this week, including one scheduled for Friday morning.
