Jill Meinecke2025-11-19T11:35:34-10:00November 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: American Education Week, Becky Pringle, civil rights protections, Donald Trump, National Education Association, NEA, President Donald Trump, Title I, Title I funding, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior|
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to shift several major U.S. Department of Education functions to other federal agencies — a move that would further dismantle the department and jeopardize equal access to high-quality public education for all students.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-18T15:40:40-10:00September 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, cancel culture, Charlie Kirk, educator voice, Know Your Rights, National Education Association, NEA|
Across the country, more than three dozen educators and school staff have been removed from their jobs or sidelined because of allegations that they made mocking or disparaging remarks, often on personal social media channels, about conservative organizer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week in Utah.
cschubert2025-07-25T14:37:26-10:00July 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: After-School Programs, Becky Pringle, Education Lawsuit, Federal Education Funds, Hawaiʻi DOE, National Education Association, Public School Funding, School Funding Freeze, summer programs, Trump Administration|
Under bipartisan pressure and multiple lawsuits, the Trump administration released over $5 billion in frozen public school funding, including $33 million for Hawaiʻi, after weeks of delays that had threatened critical after-school, summer, and migrant education programs.
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 Meinecke2025-05-06T10:52:38-10:00May 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.
