cschubert2025-03-07T12:04:54-10:00March 7, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: book bans, civic education, differential pay, education policy, education reform, free school meals, Hawaii Legislature, Hawaii schools, Hawaii teachers, Hawaiian education, hazard pay, HSTA, legislative update, paid family leave, pre-K expansion, public education, salary step increases, school funding, school librarians, school supplies, student transportation, teacher advocacy, Teacher housing, teacher pay|
At the midpoint of the 2025 legislative session, HSTA’s lobby team has testified on over 50 bills, advocating for teacher pay, housing, and student needs amid cautious state budgeting due to federal uncertainties. While some key priorities like hazard pay and paid family leave stalled, progress continues on teacher housing, school funding, and civic education, with ongoing efforts to support educators and students across Hawaiʻi.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-26T15:53:29-10:00July 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: book bans, delegate, Florida, Jennifer Nakamoto, Joseph Nakamoto, Joyce Nakamura, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA, Nicole Ehara, Orlando, Representative Assembly|
Two Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members represented Hawaiʻi for the first time at the national level with special advisers at their side: their mothers.
Jill Meinecke2023-07-05T09:49:14-10:00July 5, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Anne Frank, book bans, Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Florida, Freedom to Learn rally, Hawaii educators, Jr., LGBTQ, NEA, NEA Representative Assembly, Orlando, Osa Tui, Sarah Tochiki, say gay|
Nearly 90 Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members joined more than 3,000 educators in Orlando, Florida, to rally for honesty in education Wednesday morning.
