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Early College Grads Get Degrees. But Do They Land Jobs? Provided: UH West Oahu

Early College Grads Get Degrees. But Do They Land Jobs?

Many students who earned college credits to get early degrees went on to have fulfilling careers, but data isn’t yet available on how the graduates fare after college.

Lee Cataluna: Honoring Pidgin In Hawaiʻi Public Schools Jeremiah Brown photo/2025

Lee Cataluna: Honoring Pidgin In Hawaiʻi Public Schools

For the first time, the state Department of Education is recognizing Hawaiʻi Creole as a language worthy of biliteracy.

How UH Is Trying To Hold Onto Hawaiʻi’s High School Grads Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

How UH Is Trying To Hold Onto Hawaiʻi’s High School Grads

Federal data shows a decline in students staying home for college. The University of Hawaiʻi is trying to reverse that trend.

Eric Stinton: Students Need A Better Reason Not To Cheat Using AI Getty Images/2023

Eric Stinton: Students Need A Better Reason Not To Cheat Using AI

Kids have been told the purpose of an education is to get ahead. Now is the time to rethink the value of classroom learning.

Student Debt Puts Hawaiʻi’s Older Adults At Risk Of Social Security Cuts  Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

Student Debt Puts Hawaiʻi’s Older Adults At Risk Of Social Security Cuts 

People who stopped paying their student loans during the Covid-19 pandemic could soon start facing reductions in their monthly Social Security benefits.

Can Learning Cursive Help Kids Read Better? Policymakers Think It’s Worth A Try AP Photo/Bob Bird

Can Learning Cursive Help Kids Read Better? Policymakers Think It’s Worth A Try

Cursive started falling out of favor in U.S. schools after 2010 when most states adopted Common Core academic standards.

DOE Looks To Expand Leadership Team Amid Bus Shortages And Facility Woes Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

DOE Looks To Expand Leadership Team Amid Bus Shortages And Facility Woes

State education leaders say creating a new assistant superintendent position could improve operations, but the department is close to doubling the number of top leadership posts since 2012.

Union Fears Maui ICE Raid Will Scare Away Foreign Teachers Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press/2024

Union Fears Maui ICE Raid Will Scare Away Foreign Teachers

Hawaiʻi has been recruiting teachers from the Philippines for several years to address the state’s ongoing teacher shortage.

Education: Hawaiʻi’s Working Families Need More Support Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Education: Hawaiʻi’s Working Families Need More Support

Advocates for working families are concerned that bad things are coming with federal cuts and hoped the Legislature would do more to increase the state’s safety net.

Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs

The Department of Education wants more power over school construction and repairs, but some state leaders are skeptical of the change.