Jill Meinecke2025-11-19T11:35:34-10:00November 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: American Education Week, Becky Pringle, civil rights protections, Donald Trump, National Education Association, NEA, President Donald Trump, Title I, Title I funding, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior|
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to shift several major U.S. Department of Education functions to other federal agencies — a move that would further dismantle the department and jeopardize equal access to high-quality public education for all students.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-18T15:40:40-10:00September 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, cancel culture, Charlie Kirk, educator voice, Know Your Rights, National Education Association, NEA|
Across the country, more than three dozen educators and school staff have been removed from their jobs or sidelined because of allegations that they made mocking or disparaging remarks, often on personal social media channels, about conservative organizer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week in Utah.
Jill Meinecke2025-08-13T13:52:57-10:00August 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Educators Employment Liability (EEL) insurance policy, EEL, EEL Program, National Education Association, NEA|
cschubert2025-07-25T14:37:26-10:00July 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: After-School Programs, Becky Pringle, Education Lawsuit, Federal Education Funds, Hawaiʻi DOE, National Education Association, Public School Funding, School Funding Freeze, summer programs, Trump Administration|
Under bipartisan pressure and multiple lawsuits, the Trump administration released over $5 billion in frozen public school funding, including $33 million for Hawaiʻi, after weeks of delays that had threatened critical after-school, summer, and migrant education programs.
cschubert2025-07-24T20:10:08-10:00July 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Capitol Hill Forum, education advocacy, education funding, K-12 Schools, Mazie Hirono, National Education Association, public education, School Vouchers, Trump Administration|
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono led a Capitol Hill forum titled “Robbing Our Students’ Futures,” highlighting the Trump Administration and Republicans’ ongoing attacks on K-12 public education, with educators and experts calling for stronger support and resources for public schools.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-17T16:37:34-10:00July 17, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Audra Zook, HSTA headquarters, HSTA leaders, HSTA leadership training, HSTA President, Jr., Kristin Hamada, National Education Association, NEA, organizing, Osa Tui, Robert Rodriguez, UniServ director|
Over 40 Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association chapter leaders gathered earlier this week at HSTA headquarters for a two-day immersive training on building union power for the 2025-26 school year.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-07T08:57:20-10:00July 7, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian immersion, kaiapuni ʻōlelo, kaipuni, Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki Public Charter School, National Education Association, Nāwahī, NEA, NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards|
Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki Public Charter School on Hawaiʻi Island was honored Wednesday night at the National Education Associationʻs annual Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner in Portland, Ore.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-03T16:52:26-10:00July 3, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, FEMA, HIDOE, HSTA Maui Chapter, Lahaina, Lahainaluna, maui wildfires, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA|
Teacher delegates from across the country voted overwhelmingly Thursday at the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly (NEA RA) to approve a new business item proposed by a Maui teacher that would help educate the public about the critical role that public schools play in the recovery of communities affected by natural disasters.
Jill Meinecke2025-06-20T10:05:26-10:00June 20, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: CHIP, Hawaii Department of Education, ICE, immigration, Immigration Custom Enforcement, Medicaid, National Education Association, NEA, NPR, public schools, The Four Freedoms Fund|
Amid federal policies and actions aimed at threatening freedoms, undermining justice, and making critical funding cuts, the National Education Association (NEA) is calling on members and the greater community to push back.
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.
