Student essay contest focuses on volunteerism
Students in grades 10 through 12 are encouraged to write an essay about a volunteer effort they participated in for a contest sponsored by the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission.
Senate education chair says HIDOE ‘had no plan B’ for distance learning
State senators complained Thursday that the Hawaii State Department of Education did not have an adequate plan to scale up distance learning this school year and failed to adequately support teachers and principals during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some Hawaii schools holding unsafe in-person staff meetings
Educators who reported back to work for the new school year this week said that some principals are insisting on holding in-person meetings with large numbers of staff in school libraries and other school facilities, risky behavior that goes against HIDOE's own guidance.
Holck to school-level leaders: Your work is important to HSTA’s success
In a speech to volunteer teacher union leaders from across the state, Hawaii State Teachers Association Executive Director Wilbert Holck Wednesday gave them an important history lesson to recognize HSTA’s 50th anniversary.
HIDOE distance learning plan calls for simultaneous instruction BOE promised would not happen
The release of distance learning options for families late Wednesday by the Hawaii State Department of Education "is a positive step, but from what we see, teachers are still going to be expected to teach simultaneously online and in-person which the Board of Education last week agreed should not happen," Hawaii State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. said.
HIDOE hosts back-to-school book giveaway Thursday, Friday
The Kids in Need Foundation and Scholastic are providing thousands of free new school books to teachers on July 22 and 23 at the Hawaii State Department of Education’s Back-to-School Book Giveaway at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall on Oahu.
BOE directs schools to offer distance learning options
With a little more than two weeks before students begin the fall semester, the Hawaii Board of Education Thursday directed public school officials to formulate a distance learning plan that board members pledged would not require educators to teach students online and in-person at the same time.
Distance learning for fall term is ‘legitimate concern,’ superintendent says
For every teacher the state dedicates to distance learning when students return to class in August, it would need to pull a teacher out of the classroom, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday.
Superintendent, gov: Mask mandate will remain in school buildings, for now
When most public school students throughout the state return to classrooms on Aug 3, they will still be required to wear masks, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday.
Okita becomes VP after concluding service as secretary-treasurer
Logan Okita became vice president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association on July 5, bringing her experience as an elementary school teacher and various leadership roles within the HSTA to her new position.