A controversial bill would cut top superintendent positions from the DOE and increase community input in schools. Some families say the change is long overdue.

Few departments met the official 10% goal last year. While cost, quality and lack of consistent supply are concerns, the current pace doesn’t bode well for the larger push to wean the islands off imported food.

Lawmakers are pushing for the education department to create more hands-on and project-based learning opportunities for students.

The state has become increasingly reliant on emergency hires in recent years, but educational leaders are split on what role they should play in schools moving forward.

The Pāhoa Aquatic Center remains closed and communities are still cleaning up.

The Department of Education’s failure to provide detailed travel records is part of a broader pattern of poor record-keeping for Hawaiʻi schools, lawmakers and government transparency advocates say.

Nearly half the staff of the Office of Civil Rights was placed on paid leave this spring.

School leaders say spending on local products will increase once the DOE opens a regional kitchen in Wahiawā in 2027, but the department is nowhere near meeting its legislatively mandated goals.

Providers are preparing for the possibility of closing down dozens of early learning sites across the state as uncertainty swirls around federal funding and the expiration of grants.

The U.S. Education Department has taken action against a series of schools and states, including Hawai‘i.