HSTA recent news
GoFundMe launched to support Maui educator ʻohana after damage in ʻĪao Valley
A Maui educator and her ʻohana are asking for the community’s kōkua after the severe flooding in ʻĪao Valley due to the recent Kona low storms.
GoFundMe effort helps retired teacher whose Maui home was destroyed in floods
The family of a retired public school teacher and her husband is appealing for the public’s help after the couple’s home was destroyed by floodwaters that turned Maui’s ʻĪao Valley Stream into a raging river during last weekend’s storm.
All HIDOE schools close Friday due to stormy weather
All Hawaiʻi Department of Education public and charter schools will close on Friday, in accordance with Gov. Josh Green’s announcement that he will close state offices on those islands tomorrow because of a storm expected to hit the state with heavy rain, flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and damaging winds.
Sen. Mazie Hirono raises alarm on anniversary of education cuts
President Donald Trump has “created chaos and confusion—all at the expense of students,” U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D, HI) said during a news conference she held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of Trump’s attack on the U.S. Department of Education.
HSTA demands HIDOE response to educators who weren’t properly credited for prior teaching
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is demanding a response and information from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education after a judge's decision which clears the way for more than 2,200 public school teachers to receive service credit for teaching experience outside the department that would result in raises worth thousands of dollars.
House Finance Committee green lights annual step salary increases
The state House Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a measure that would fund annual step salary hikes for public and charter school teachers, a provision that has been in the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association contract for years but has never been funded.
Colleen Hanabusa: Trailblazer, advocate for educators and labor, dead at 74
Colleen Hanabusa, a trailblazing lawmaker and longtime champion of public educators, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, and unionized labor, died after a five-month battle with cancer early Friday. She was 74.
Support ʻEwa Beach teacher leader as her young son fights brain cancer
A teacher at Holomua Elementary, who has spent a decade teaching keiki and serving fellow members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association in its Leeward Chapter, needs our help. Kelli Kaanaanaʻs four-year-old son Rextyn has been diagnosed with a rare and extremely aggressive form of brain cancer.
HSTA issues statement supporting Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors, made up of elected educator volunteers from across the islands, on Saturday authorized the following supportive statement regarding Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke which asks the public to hold judgment until the state Attorney General’s investigation is complete.
Proposals advance to create teacher loan repayment program, hike NBCT bonuses
Hawaiʻi public school teachers could get up to $25,000 of their college loans repaid under a new program, and National Board Certified Teachers would see their annual bonuses increase under proposals that passed the state House Finance Committee this week.