Evan Kumasaki2020-07-04T08:34:00-10:00July 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Betsy DeVos, Biden, candidate, Donald Trump, election, endorsement, Joe Biden, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA, NEA RA, president, recommendation, speech, support, vote|
“This is going to be a teacher-oriented Department of Education. It’s not going to come from the top-down, it’s coming from the teachers up,” Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told NEA RA delegates Friday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-03T08:49:00-10:00July 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: hokulea, Joe Biden, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA, polynesian voyaging society, Representative Assembly|
Nearly 8,000 educator delegates from every state are gathering virtually on July 2 and 3 with a streamlined agenda, packed with major speakers who addressed the many crises public education faces during one of the most trying times in our history.
Evan Kumasaki2020-05-19T11:32:00-10:00May 19, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Corey Rosenlee, event, friend of youth award, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, pono award, speeches, state of our union, virtual, webinar, Wilbert Holck, Zoom|
More than 1,300 HSTA members logged on to view their first-ever State of Our Union Saturday morning, which featured streamed video reports from committee chairs and motivating remote speeches from national and state association leaders as well as the awarding of two important awards.
Evan Kumasaki2020-04-25T04:52:00-10:00April 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, governor, Governor David Ige, letter, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA president, pay cuts|
Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, wrote Gov. David Ige Friday, telling him that while she understands the fiscal challenges that the coronavirus presents to Hawaii, “reducing the pay of teachers and other public employees will only compound this crisis.”
