Education

Hawaiʻi Freshmen Failing: Ninth Grade Repeater Rate Among Nation’s Highest Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Freshmen Failing: Ninth Grade Repeater Rate Among Nation’s Highest

Hawaiʻi has held back high school freshmen at a higher rate than nearly any other state. 

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2026

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools

A new book explores the decades-long educational system that separated students based on how well they could speak English.

DOJ Targets 3 More States In Effort To Axe In-State Tuition For Immigrants Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

DOJ Targets 3 More States In Effort To Axe In-State Tuition For Immigrants

Hawaiʻi is one of at least 20 states that offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who reside in the state.

Trump-Backed Program Offers Money For Students. Will Hawaiʻi Take It? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Trump-Backed Program Offers Money For Students. Will Hawaiʻi Take It?

An infusion of scholarship money could help families pay for private school tuition and other educational expenses. But Hawaiʻi will have to cross political lines to get it. 

Hawaiʻi Schools’ New Cellphone Ban Is Here. What Are Teens Saying? Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Schools’ New Cellphone Ban Is Here. What Are Teens Saying?

As the school year begins, Civil Beat talked to high school students about the rollout of the state’s new cellphone policy.  

Eric Stinton: School Phone Ban Is A Good Idea, But The Problem Runs Deeper Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Eric Stinton: School Phone Ban Is A Good Idea, But The Problem Runs Deeper

Like so many of the problems that teachers must cope with, the root of the problem lies at home.

Ex-Social Worker Gets 10 Years In Prison For Daughter’s Death Caitlin Thompson/Civil Beat/2026

Ex-Social Worker Gets 10 Years In Prison For Daughter’s Death

The public may never know key details about how Sina Pili was able to keep working with children as police investigated her for her daughter’s death.

Hawaiʻi Loves Its Elementary Schools. That Changes With Time Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Loves Its Elementary Schools. That Changes With Time

The state’s elementary schools had the greatest number of students and teachers feeling safe and satisfied.

Niʻihau Language School At Risk Of Losing Kaua‘i Campus Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Niʻihau Language School At Risk Of Losing Kaua‘i Campus

Families say the school has played a critical role in preserving their cultural and linguistic ties to the Forbidden Isle for nearly two decades.

Hawaiʻi’s Childcare Shortage Is One Of The Nation’s Worst Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi’s Childcare Shortage Is One Of The Nation’s Worst

Hawaiʻi has one of the nation’s biggest shortages of licensed childcare programs, according to a national study.