Education

DOE’s Top Leader Could Get Big Pay Raise Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

DOE’s Top Leader Could Get Big Pay Raise

Superintendent Keith Hayashi’s salary could increase 60% by 2029 under a new contract up for approval Wednesday.

Lee Cataluna: Money, Power And Status Make Kamehameha Schools A Rich Target Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lee Cataluna: Money, Power And Status Make Kamehameha Schools A Rich Target

The lawsuit against the well-endowed Hawaiian school insists the goal is to force racial integration but there’s more of an undercurrent here.

Kamehameha Ending Scholarships For Students Attending Other Schools Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Kamehameha Ending Scholarships For Students Attending Other Schools

The Kipona Scholarship is Kamehameha’s third-largest external financial aid program.

Hawaiʻi Is Making A Big Push To Increase College Enrollment. Will It Work? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Is Making A Big Push To Increase College Enrollment. Will It Work?

A new program offers Hawaiʻi seniors guaranteed admissions to nine University of Hawaiʻi campuses, but advocates say more needs to be done if UH really wants to reach more disadvantaged students.

Hawaiʻi Mom Sues Boys & Girls Club For Not Protecting Child From Abuse Suevon Lee/Civil Beat

Hawaiʻi Mom Sues Boys & Girls Club For Not Protecting Child From Abuse

Staffers didn’t intervene or contact authorities after a 10-year-old boy complained he was sexually assaulted by another student in the program, the lawsuit says.

Viral Bullying Videos Are Sign Of Bigger Problem In Hawaiʻi Schools Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Viral Bullying Videos Are Sign Of Bigger Problem In Hawaiʻi Schools

Social media is amplifying conflicts and normalizing bad behavior as teens film fights and post them online to draw hundreds of views and comments. 

Kamehameha Schools Sued Over Native Hawaiian Admissions Policy AP Photo/Mengshin Lin/2025

Kamehameha Schools Sued Over Native Hawaiian Admissions Policy

Students for Fair Admissions founder Ed Blum said he has received death threats over his attempt to strike down the policy.

Hawaiʻi DOE Wants Another $30M For A Facility That Hasn’t Been Built Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi DOE Wants Another $30M For A Facility That Hasn’t Been Built

The Department of Education is pinning its local food buying goals on a central facility, and the budget is getting bigger and bigger.

Education Department Layoffs Hit Special Ed And Civil Rights Offices AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/2025

Education Department Layoffs Hit Special Ed And Civil Rights Offices

The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced to less than half its size when Trump took office

Hawaiʻi Parents Are Hopping Fences To Sneak Into Playgrounds Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Parents Are Hopping Fences To Sneak Into Playgrounds

Lawmakers have pushed schools to open their facilities for recreational use, but the education department has raised concerns about liability and safety.