Jill Meinecke2025-06-13T10:40:37-10:00June 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: students with disabilities, Supreme Court|
A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.
Jill Meinecke2025-06-13T15:18:09-10:00June 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: differentials, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, HIDOE, Osa Tui, shortage differentials, special education|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) confirmed that shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through SY 2025–26.
Jill Meinecke2025-06-13T15:38:56-10:00June 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: D.C., Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, Jr., King Kamehameha, Lisa Gibson, No Kings Day, Osa Tui, peaceful protest, President Donald Trump, Trump adminstration, Washington|
On Saturday, June 14, numerous ‘No Kings!’ Day of Defiance events are planned across the Hawaiian islands as an all-out effort to protect democracy and the U.S. Constitution, led by Indivisible Hawai’i Statewide Network.
Jill Meinecke2025-06-09T11:11:14-10:00June 9, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ann Mahi, Bill Guy PR Person of the Year, COVID-19, Hawaii News Now, investigative reporter, Jr., Keoki Kerr, KITV, maui wildfires, NPR, Osa Tui, Pat Saiki, public relations, SEAComm, Wilbert Holck|
In front of communications colleagues from teachers’ unions across the country, Keoki Kerr, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Director of Communications, won the prestigious 2025 Bill Guy PR Person of the Year award last month in Minneapolis.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-28T11:27:10-10:00May 28, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: airfare, Alaska airlines, discounted travel, Hawaiian Airlines, teacher appreciation week, teacher travel, Travel|
From June 1–15, Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members can save 25% on airfare for up to six people when booking travel through Hawaiian or Alaska Airlines.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-22T11:25:18-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, education cuts, federal cuts, NEA, Osa Tui, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, U.S. Supreme Court|
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education, ruling that the terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-23T11:24:12-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Canva, CBS News, Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner, Hawaii Island, Hilo Intermediate, HSTA-Retired, Joel Truesdell, Jonathan Gillentine, Merrie Monarch, National Teachers Hall of Fame|
Hilo Intermediate science teacher Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner experienced the surprise of a lifetime when she found out that she’s being inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-21T15:15:35-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, Osa Tui, shortage differentials, teacher compensation, teacher pay, teacher salary|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is partnering with the Experience Management Institute (EXMI) on a comprehensive Compensation Impact Study focused on teacher salary compression.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-21T09:44:28-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU Hawaii, Andrea Eshelman, Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, HIDOE, ICE, ICE raids, immigration, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association partnered with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi), the ACLU Hawaiʻi, and the Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights to present a virtual Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement session.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-20T15:26:14-10:00May 20, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Class VIII, HIDOE, Know Your Rights, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ|
Many Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members are planning to finish up coursework this coming summer so they can be eligible to submit credits toward reclassification for Class VIII. As a result, members have asked for clarification about what is required to show proof of obtaining Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ).
