Education

DOE Aims To Avoid School Closures Through Redistricting Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

DOE Aims To Avoid School Closures Through Redistricting

Redistricting plans could take effect as early as fall 2026, according to a recent memo shared with the Board of Education.

Hawaiʻi School Superintendents Could See Big Increases In Pay Ranges Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi School Superintendents Could See Big Increases In Pay Ranges

A study found that the superintendents earn less than their counterparts on the mainland.

Hawaiʻi Is Turning To Charters To Expand Free Preschool Options Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Is Turning To Charters To Expand Free Preschool Options

Backers say charter preschools can encourage more teachers to work in early education if the state increases their funding.

Future Hawaiian Leaders To Benefit From Revamped OHA Civics Program Screenshot: Newspapers.com/Honolulu Advertiser

Future Hawaiian Leaders To Benefit From Revamped OHA Civics Program

The intensive weeklong program will introduce high school students to the legislative process and give them the skills to participate in civic life at a “crucial moment” for Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi Colleges Face Loss Of Federal Grants For Minority Students Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaiʻi Colleges Face Loss Of Federal Grants For Minority Students

The U.S. Department of Education terminated several grant programs on Wednesday supporting universities with high proportions of minority students, including Asians and Native Hawaiians.

Wildfires Create Long-Term Academic Challenges For Students Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Wildfires Create Long-Term Academic Challenges For Students

Students’ academic progress since the 2018 California wildfires indicates that Lahaina schools may face a long road to recovery.

Girls Remain Underrepresented In Hawaiʻi High School Sports Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Girls Remain Underrepresented In Hawaiʻi High School Sports

Public schools introduced flag football as an official sport last year to encourage more girls to participate in athletics.

Achievement Gap in STEM Widens Between Girls and Boys in Hawaiʻi Schools David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Achievement Gap in STEM Widens Between Girls and Boys in Hawaiʻi Schools

The pandemic erased years of progress in erasing the performance difference between boys and girls nationally — and in Hawaiʻi.

Kamehameha Schools’ Admission Policies May Face Legal Challenge Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Kamehameha Schools’ Admission Policies May Face Legal Challenge

An anti-affirmative action group wants the school to end its policy of giving preference to Native Hawaiians. The school promises a vigorous defense.

Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages

The cafeteria managers’ union is concerned the shortages will discourage students from purchasing meals and lead to possible cuts to school lunch staff.