Apply to join by July 30
Updated: June 15, 2026
HSTA members can register to earn their Master of Education degree online starting January 2027 for under $14,000 from Spalding University through a partnership with the national education design lab 2Revolutions.
HSTA is assembling its fourth Hawaiʻi cohort of up to 50 public and charter school teachers to enroll in the program, which begins in the fall of 2027. Members must apply by July 30 to be considered for the cohort. Spalding University has offered to keep our current tuition of $13,400 for this cohort if at least 20 members show interest and begin the application process by August 2026. The application process will stay open until November 2026, and the cost will be updated based on the application numbers by August.
HSTA’s first cohort of 25 teachers graduated in August 2024. The second cohort of 30 teachers graduated last December. A third cohort of educators began in December 2025 and will graduate in the spring of 2027.
Teachers say the discounted tuition and local support made the decision to apply easy.
Tammy Cabral, an 8th-grade special education teacher at Waiʻanae Intermediate School, said, “I’m actually in the class with one of my own peers from our school, and then a couple from the high school, and just meeting all these people with the same purpose is super cool with a cohort from Hawaiʻi.”
More about the program
The 30-credit-hour program features asynchronous online (80%) and synchronous virtual and in-person learning experiences (20%) with a combined focus on both individual and district transformation. While the program is national, the live virtual components for the Hawaiʻi cohort will be held at convenient times for Hawaiʻi educators.
The cost for HSTA members for the second cohort is $13,200 plus fees, payable in four or 12 installments. The cost for HSTA members has been $13,200 plus fees, payable in four or 12 installments. The price for the fourth cohort is expected to increase $50 for each credit hour, unless we have 20 members start the enrollment process by August 2026. There is no application fee, and no deposit is required to register. By comparison, the national average cost for a Master of Education program ranges from $30,000 to $55,000.