Blessing marks opening of new Maui campus with classes to begin April 1
Teachers, staff and students at Maui’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School now have a new campus to call home.
Respected HSTA lawyer nominated to state Supreme Court
Gov. Josh Green Monday nominated respected attorney Vladimir P. Devens, who for seven years has served the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association as its labor lawyer, to an associate justice position at the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court.
Leilehua High teacher wins 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year award
Jackie Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Tuesday.
Three Lahaina schools to reopen to students starting Oct. 16
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Tentative agreement would raise pay for educational assistants, vice principals
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
Gov. Josh Green signs key education bills into law
Gov. Josh Green Monday signed into law several bills aimed at improving education in Hawaiʻi during a ceremony at Royal Elementary School on Oʻahu.
Lawmakers approve hundreds of millions in funding for new HSTA contract
During a joint House and Senate Conference Committee meeting Friday, state lawmakers approved $219 million in funding for the first two years of Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2023–2027 contract that takes effect July 1.
‘We value our teachers incredibly.’ Governor, HIDOE, HSTA address tentative agreement
Gov. Josh Green, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi, and Hawai‘i State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. stressed Monday the importance of a new contract that provides public school educators with stronger wages, and incentives to live and work in Hawaiʻi.
Congratulations to Hawaiʻi’s 2023 National Board Certified Teachers
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, in partnership with Kamehameha Schools, honored new and renewing National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Wednesday.
State confirms Bargaining Unit 05 won’t receive administrative holiday leave
Hawaiʻi public schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi confirmed with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association that all Bargaining Unit 05 members are not eligible for the holiday administrative leave offered by Gov. Josh Green.