Jill Meinecke2025-05-02T09:24:45-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: civil rights, DEI, diversity, equity, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA committee, HSTA leaders, IDEA, inclusion, Mazie Hirono, Title 1, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono|
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono told HSTA volunteer leaders Thursday that the Trump administration is mounting an “all-out assault on education, and itʻs something we need to fight back against.”
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.
Terri Inefuku2023-12-12T11:17:23-10:00December 12, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 3-1(g), diversity, ethnicity, HSTA CARES, human and civil rights, National Education Association, Native Hawaiian, NEA Bylaw, race, voice|
The need for diverse voices and representation prompted HSTA to review and rethink its approach to member engagement and leadership development. In 2021, union leaders and staff came together to reformulate HSTA’s implementation plan to meet the National Education Association Bylaw 3-1(g).
