Maui teacher gets $105K in student loan debt forgiven under temporary federal waiver
Baldwin High School English teacher David Negaard, who had a total of $114,000 in student loan debt, recently had $105,000 of that debt forgiven, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education overhauling its long-dysfunctional Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
HIDOE asks governor to restore funding for 21 hours of job-embedded professional development
At a Board of Education meeting Thursday called to hear the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE)’s plan to use federal funds in the second and third rounds of the Educational Stabilization Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, education department officials said they do not plan to use federal funds to restore 21 hours of job-embedded professional development (PD) for Hawaii educators.
Survey aims to improve recruitment and retention of local educators
Teachers in their first five years in the classroom as well as Hawaiʻi high school juniors and seniors are encouraged to complete an online survey to understand what influences students to consider becoming educators with a goal to increase the number and quality of educators in Hawaiʻi.
HSTA informational picketing FAQs
For our purposes, informational picketing is meant to raise awareness for families and the community about issues taking place on many of our campuses where safety protocols are not being followed.
Hawaiʻi’s public education must include honest lessons of racism and oppression, past and present
As educators, we provide our students with the tools, information, and support they need to become strong, independent thinkers who are able to critically examine the world they live in, and understand past and present so they can build a better future. Manufactured attacks on critical race theory aim to dismantle ongoing efforts to provide an equitable education for all keiki.
Senate education chair says HIDOE ‘had no plan B’ for distance learning
State senators complained Thursday that the Hawaii State Department of Education did not have an adequate plan to scale up distance learning this school year and failed to adequately support teachers and principals during the coronavirus pandemic.
BOE chair says board will consider distance learning options
The Hawaii Board of Education chair said Thursday the board will discuss distance learning options for next school year at its next meeting on July 15, just a little more than two weeks before most public school students are scheduled to return to class.
HIDOE confirms shortage differentials for 2021–22 school year
Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2021-2022, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto announced in a memo late Friday afternoon.
Shortage differentials maintain strong BOE support
HIDOE is using the differentials to recruit, retain teachers Posted: May 21, 2021 Board of Education leaders voiced strong support Thursday for continuing teacher shortage differentials next school year and the Hawaii State Department of Education is still touting them in recruitment and retention materials even as the department works to find exactly how it will pay for them. Bruce Voss, who chairs the BOE’s Finance and Infrastructure Committee, said Thursday that the budget passed by lawmakers awaiting the governor’s signature or veto did not fund “the $32.5 million teacher differential that this board approved [...]