Jill Meinecke2025-05-06T10:52:38-10:00May 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, budget cuts, charter schools, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Mary Kusler, National Education Association, NEA, Title I, Trump Administration, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. DOE|
The Trump Administration released its proposed “skinny budget” Friday, which includes deep and harmful cuts to education funding, slashing $12 billion or roughly 15% of the U.S. Department of Education’s budget.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-02T13:28:13-10:00May 2, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, CLEAR, federal cuts, Hawaii State Capitol, Hilo Chapter, International Workers Day, Kauai Chapter, Logan Okita, Maui chapter, May 1, May day, Mazie Hirono, Molokai Chapter, NEA, Trump adminstration, unions, Washington D.C.|
More than 100 teachers across Hawaiʻi took part in protests and marches Thursday on International Workers’ Day, in solidarity with federal workers who are losing their collective bargaining and union rights.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-24T14:26:15-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU, Becky Pringle, DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, National Education Association, NEA, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education|
In a victory for students, parents, and educators, a federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s unprecedented and unlawful attempt to restrict discussions and programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion in educational institutions, and its threat to withhold federal funding for engaging in such efforts.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-14T14:46:17-10:00March 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, DOGE, Elon Musk, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr., NEA, President Donald Trump, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. DOE, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, US. Sen. Brian Schatz|
The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, as federal government agencies worked to meet President Donald Trump’s Thursday deadline for them to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-30T11:58:32-10:00June 30, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: affirmative action, Becky Pringle, college debt, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ protections, loan debt, loan forgiveness, National Education Association, NEA, Supreme Court, The U.S. Supreme Court|
In two major rulings Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s college debt forgiveness plan and limited protections for the LGBTQ+ community, asserting the power of the nation’s highest court’s conservative majority.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-12T20:20:14-10:00February 12, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Becky Pringle, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, reopening, schools, standards|
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday released new guidelines about the safe delivery of in-person instruction at K-12 schools.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-08T15:48:00-10:00January 8, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Education Secretary, oust, president, removal, riot|
"To protect our democracy and ensure the safety of our nation, the National Education Association is calling for the immediate removal of Donald Trump from the office of the president," said NEA President Becky Pringle.
