The National Governors Association has selected Hawaii as one of six states to participate in a new effort to improve early learning outcomes through its policy academy.

NGA policy academy experts, private consultants, researchers and other educators will guide Hawaii officials as they develop and implement a plan designed to improve early learning policies and practices, particularly as they relate to educator effectiveness and assessment systems. 

The Executive Office on Early Learning and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education wrote the NGA application.  

KCAA preschoolers at the Legislature in early 2013. 

— Alia Wong