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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education (DOE) is encouraging parents to complete a survey to help schools set priorities for improving programs and services. Survey results will also be used to measure strategic plan goals for the DOE. Beginning this month, schools will mail or ask students to bring the surveys home. Parents whose […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education is requesting an additional waiver from the U.S. Department of Education regarding its requirement to carryover 25 percent of the Fiscal Year 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) School Improvement Grant (SIG) 1003 (g) funds. Contingent upon approval by USDOE, such funds may be made available to […]

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Statement from Hawaii State Teachers Association President Wil Okabe regarding negotiations and HSTA proposal to state, dated Jan. 11: The Hawaii State Teachers Association and the State returned to the bargaining table. HSTA came to the table with a proposal based on an honest assessment of where the Educator Effectiveness System currently stands and a […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education has announced it will administer college and career readiness assessments to all middle and high school students statewide in grades 8, 9, 10 and 11 beginning next spring. For the first time ever, the DOE will be able to comprehensively collect and examine college and career readiness data […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii State Federal Credit Union has granted more than $25,000 to Department of Education teachers in 2012. Hawaii State FCU offers the Investing in Education grant program annually to assist teachers in the Department of Education to obtain much needed supplies, books, furniture, electronics equipment and basic necessities for the classroom. Since 2009, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE In June 2012, the state Department of Education (DOE) announced more than 100 bus routes were being eliminated statewide due to rising costs and a loss of funding. The DOE streamlined services and restored a number of the routes, but was unable to restore all of them. The DOE also ordered a comprehensive […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state’s official public school enrollment for the 2012-13 school year — with all 254 state Department of Education (DOE) schools and 32 charter schools — is 183,251, an increase of 1.1 percent compared to last year’s total of 181,213. The DOE public schools enroll 173,658 (+1,554 from last year) students, about 95 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education has announced it is implementing key statewide goals and strategies including improving communications. Leading this effort will be Donalyn Dela Cruz, who has accepted the position of director of communications. “When we put our strategic plan together, communications was an area in which staff, teachers, and parents asked […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s Deputy Director of Communications will be the new Director of Communications at the state Department of Education. Donalyn Dela Cruz begins her new post Nov. 1. Her last day with the governor’s office is Oct. 31. “I will miss working with Donalyn on a day-to-day basis but am very happy […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Construction for a brand new track and field at Waiakea High School will soon be underway. Waiakea High School received funding from the Department of Education for the design and construction of an all-weather track and field facility. The new track and field will replace the current facility, where frequent rain has caused […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education (DOE) has filed its application for ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Flexibility with the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). “Hawaii’s ESEA Flexibility plan will drastically improve our accountability system and provide a rigorous alternative to the current No Child Left Behind one-size-fits-all approach,” said Deputy Superintendent Ronn […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education (DOE) has notified the U.S. Department of Education of its intent to file an application for ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Flexibility on Sept. 6, 2012. “Hawaii is taking another bold step forward to transform education,” said Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi. “ESEA Flexibility will provide our schools, parents, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved an updated Hawaii State Department of Education Strategic Plan that builds on key strengths and reform initiatives to ensure all students graduate ready to succeed in college or careers. “Our plan sets bold and clear student-centered strategies and targets through 2018,” said Superintendent Kathryn […]

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