Key House committees advance teacher compensation bill

2022-10-01T11:24:42-10:00March 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Earlier in the day, teachers from Oahu and Maui delivered educator declarations signed by thousands of HSTA members across the state calling for higher pay for veterans and differentials for key shortage areas in special education, hard-to-staff schools and Hawaiian language immersion.

Campbell High freshman organizes rally advocating for higher teacher pay

2023-01-03T10:51:37-10:00December 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The rally, attended by students, teachers, and parents, was organized by Jahstyce Ahulau, a 14-year-old Campbell High School freshman who founded the group Fighting for Our Future, a student-led and driven committee to advocate for higher teacher pay.

More than 6,300 Hawaii teachers have been robbed of step pay increases

2019-11-09T07:00:00-10:00November 9, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

About half of the Hawaii State Teachers Association membership, more than 6,300 educators, are being paid thousands of dollars less a year by the state than they should because they were not given raises during tough economic times.

On Maui, educators who are parents worry their own children’s ‘education system is failing them’

2019-09-26T17:44:00-10:00September 26, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

About 70 Valley Isle educators showed up to tell representatives from a Denver-based education consulting firm how difficult it is to live in Hawaii on low teacher pay and to suggest ways things can improve for teachers and students.

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