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 Meinecke2025-04-24T14:26:15-10:00April 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 Meinecke2025-03-06T13:51:43-10:00March 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Day of Action, Donald Trump, National Education Association, NEA, public education, special education, Title 1, Trump adminstration|
Teachers across the islands took action Tuesday to protect our keiki from the negative effects of potential cuts in federal education funding as part of a nationwide Protect our Kids Day of Action.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-05T16:02:56-10:00March 5, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, DEI, National Education Association, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education|
The National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers’ union, is challenging the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from schools that participate in diversity, equity and inclusion programming.
Jill Meinecke2025-02-14T14:10:55-10:00February 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Asian and Pacific Islander American community, Board of Education, HIDOE, HSTA, HSTA leaders, Jean Dobashi, Laverne Moore, National Education Association, NEA, NEA Executive Committee, Odetta Fujimori, strike|
Three of the Hawai’i State Teachers Association’s early leaders, including its first president, gave this year’s Teacher Institute keynote address to teachers across Hawaiʻi this week.
Jill Meinecke2025-02-14T08:09:23-10:00February 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ESEA, HIDOE, IDEA, Immigration guidance, Linda McMahon, National Education Association, Trump Administration, U.S. Dept. of Education|
Our members across Hawaiʻi have told us they are deeply concerned about potentially sweeping changes to educational policies and budgets being implemented by the Trump administration, including an attempt to dismantle the 46-year-old U.S. Department of Education.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-23T15:20:40-10:00January 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Donald Trump, immigrants, immigration, immigration enforcement, National Education Association, NEA, NEA immigration guidance, safe zones, unauthorized immigrants|
Immigration guidance compiled by the National Education Association lays out information regarding immigration and schools in light of President Donald Trump's plan for aggressive immigrations enforcement.
Jill Meinecke2024-12-21T08:27:38-10:00December 20, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: National Education Association, NEA, President Joe Biden, social security, The Government Pension Offset, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Windfall Elimination Provision|
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to advance a bill to boost Social Security benefits for nearly 3 million Americans, including public school teachers and thousands of people in the islands.
Terri Inefuku2024-07-04T11:42:04-10:00July 4, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Aloha Caucus, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Windward Chapter member Kana Naipo wants everyone, especially those outside Hawaiʻi, to know that aloha is more than just a greeting.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-17T10:29:17-10:00May 15, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Biden-Harris administration, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady Jill Biden, HSTA Convention, Mary Kusler, maui wildfires, member delegates, National Education Association, pro-labor, pro-union, public education|
In front of over 200 Hawai’i State Teachers Association member delegates at the 51st annual state convention, National Education Association (NEA) Senior Director of Advocacy Mary Kusler in her keynote speech posed a question: “Why do we do politics in the union?”
