CONSISTENCY

Isle teacher programs graded among worst:

http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=177716845&hash=60358c601d83c9fe2f2557e6f8de42a2

TQ in Hawaii

Recent News and Commentary

• Hawaii Gets D for Teacher Prep
  Media Hit - 01/24/2013
• Hawaii Receives "D" For Weak State Teacher Preparation Policies
  Press Release - 01/23/2013
• New Report Gives Hawaii A Grade Of "D-" For Teacher Policies
  Press Release - 01/25/2012
• UH defends $28,800 fee for open-records request
  Media Hit - 12/27/2011
• New Report Maps Out Next Steps For Hawaii On Teacher Policies In Need Of Reform
  Press Release - 01/27/2011

HAWAII'S CHILDREN SHAFTED AGAIN

A HISTORY LESSON: TOO BAD HAWAII's NOT THE STUDENT

Ed. Dept. Takes Action Against Hawaii for Race to Top Stumbles
http://bit.ly/166vgDi

 

Race to The Bank: HSTA Gets 36.9% Raise, Threatens Suit to Block Accountability

http://bit.ly/12KygAr

Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time
http://bit.ly/119S7F2


"Last year's approval of extended learning time for low-performing schools on Oahu's Waianae coast and in the Kau, Keaau and Pahoa areas of the Big Island, along with the Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind, was heralded as a stride toward progress on school reforms that won Hawaii a $75 million federal Race to the Top grant.

The agreement approved by 80 percent of the more than 1,100 teachers in those schools called for about an hour more per day, Monday through Thursday, and 12 additional days of teacher training. That represents about 18 percent more in compensation for teachers."

Hawaii teachers approve 4-year agreement http://yhoo.it/16Q12EC

Hawaii gets approval for education law waiver http://bit.ly/119SBea

GO GET 'EM, HAWAII

HAWAII LEGISLATORS pass on state-funded preschool that would have helped thousands, in favor of expanding child care program to OVER 900 .