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.
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
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.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
This School Wanted Officers On Campus. 3 Others Will Get Them First
Representatives of Nānākuli High and Intermediate School say they have been left out of Oʻahu’s upcoming school resource officer pilot program.
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Religious Waivers Soar For Child Vaccines On Kauaʻi
The low immunization rate at Kauaʻi schools is tied to a rise in easy-to-obtain religious waivers.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
1 In 4 Hawai‘i Students Are Chronically Absent From School
Five years after the pandemic upended attendance, many schools are still struggling to get kids to show up regularly.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Half Of UH Students Struggle To Get Food
For students at the University of Hawaiʻi, skipping a meal or going hungry isn’t uncommon, according to new data.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Hawai‘i State Library Bans Displays For Banned Books Week
The state librarian says the new guidelines help people avoid any confusion that the library is banning books.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
E-Bikes In Schools: Hawaiʻi Politicians Call For Restrictions
Efforts to implement stricter rules and more consistent standards have taken on urgency amid a sharp increase in traffic fatalities this year.
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Here’s Where Hawaiʻi School Enrollment Is Dropping Fastest
The state is looking at redistricting schools and closing campuses amid an ongoing decline in enrollment.