Jill Meinecke2026-03-11T20:49:46-10:00March 11, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: DEI, dismantling the department of education, Donald Trump, education cuts, Mazie Hirono, student loan, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono|
President Donald Trump has “created chaos and confusion—all at the expense of students,” U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D, HI) said during a news conference she held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of Trump’s attack on the U.S. Department of Education.
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 Meinecke2025-09-25T14:04:17-10:00September 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, Donald Trump, English language learners, HSTA President, ICE, immigration enforcement, Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, J20+, migrants, Osa Tui, Project 2025, public education, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, union power, University of Hawaii at Manoa|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. warned that public education is under attack during a community forum Friday, citing threats to schools, teachers, and unions under the Trump administration.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-23T18:12:37-10:00July 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: congress, education funding, HIDOE, LGBTQ, Office of Management and Budget, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education|
Hawaiʻi joined more than 20 states on Monday to sue President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-22T11:25:18-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, education cuts, federal cuts, NEA, Osa Tui, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, U.S. Supreme Court|
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education, ruling that the terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval.
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 Meinecke2025-05-02T09:24:45-10:00April 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: civil rights, DEI, diversity, equity, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA committee, HSTA leaders, IDEA, inclusion, Mazie Hirono, Title 1, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono|
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono told HSTA volunteer leaders Thursday that the Trump administration is mounting an “all-out assault on education, and itʻs something we need to fight back against.”
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 Meinecke2025-03-14T14:46:17-10:00March 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, DOGE, Elon Musk, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr., NEA, President Donald Trump, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. DOE, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, US. Sen. Brian Schatz|
The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, as federal government agencies worked to meet President Donald Trump’s Thursday deadline for them to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs.
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.
