Who'd have known?
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Thursday, June 20, 2013
CONSISTENCY
Isle teacher programs graded among worst:
http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=177716845&hash=60358c601d83c9fe2f2557e6f8de42a2TQ 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
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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
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
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/12KygArHawaii 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
Saturday, April 27, 2013
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 .
Thursday, September 27, 2012
AFTER SUCH IMPROVEMENT
On September 6, the Bureau of Indian Education, Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia submitted requests to the U.S. Department of Education for waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind.
18% of all HAWAII public school students chronically absent. 18% = 31,000 statewide.
HAWAII POPULATION - 1,374,810 (2011 est)
Even more REMARKABLE, the test scores and strides they continue to make under NCLB. Why then request a waiver?
Feds notice improvement by state DOE
By Nanea Kalani
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 12, 2013
Federal education officials have partially lifted the "high-risk" status of Hawaii's $75 million Race to the Top grant, citing "substantial progress" in two so-called assurance areas of the state's sweeping school reform plan.
"This is a turning point for us as we continue our strategic transformation in our public schools," Hawaii Department of Education Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi said in a statement Monday. "The progress being made gives us great hope that federal officials will acknowledge the improvements being made in the other areas of the grant."
Gotta get the grub in line:
BEWARE THE INTERNAL AUDIT, REVIEW, INQUIRY
An internal Department of Education audit has found an "unacceptable" lack of oversight, monitoring and accountability of the state's $92 million school food services program.
☞Numerous employees not needed - 62/2012
Many staff don't fill our proper forms - purchases requisitions; inventory records; collections
Service managers have conflicting tasks - ordering; receiving; inventory
School Food Services Branch doesn't review purchases during annual review
“We’re running a 92 million business on 3 by 5 cards.”
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 20, 2013
"A federal judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposed $5.75 million class-action settlement of a lawsuit accusing the state of allowing and covering up years of sexual abuse of students at Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind.
The plaintiffs claim that as many as 35 current and former students were abused on the Kapahulu public school’s campus and on school buses since Aug. 10, 2001."
18% of all HAWAII public school students chronically absent. 18% = 31,000 statewide.
Even more REMARKABLE, the test scores and strides they continue to make under NCLB. Why then request a waiver?
Feds notice improvement by state DOE
By Nanea Kalani
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 12, 2013
Federal education officials have partially lifted the "high-risk" status of Hawaii's $75 million Race to the Top grant, citing "substantial progress" in two so-called assurance areas of the state's sweeping school reform plan.
"This is a turning point for us as we continue our strategic transformation in our public schools," Hawaii Department of Education Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi said in a statement Monday. "The progress being made gives us great hope that federal officials will acknowledge the improvements being made in the other areas of the grant."
Gotta get the grub in line:
BEWARE THE INTERNAL AUDIT, REVIEW, INQUIRY
An internal Department of Education audit has found an "unacceptable" lack of oversight, monitoring and accountability of the state's $92 million school food services program.
☞Numerous employees not needed - 62/2012
Many staff don't fill our proper forms - purchases requisitions; inventory records; collections
Service managers have conflicting tasks - ordering; receiving; inventory
School Food Services Branch doesn't review purchases during annual review
“We’re running a 92 million business on 3 by 5 cards.”
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 20, 2013
"A federal judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposed $5.75 million class-action settlement of a lawsuit accusing the state of allowing and covering up years of sexual abuse of students at Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind.
The plaintiffs claim that as many as 35 current and former students were abused on the Kapahulu public school’s campus and on school buses since Aug. 10, 2001."
Friday, January 13, 2012
NO $#!* SHERLOCK
Pacific Business News
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:26am HST
The U.S. Department of Education has released a report detailing the education reform marks missed by Hawaii during the first year of its four-year, $75 million "Race to the Top" grant.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that while Hawaii missed "the majority" of those milestones, Education Secretary Arne Duncan commended the state for reaching a tentative agreement with the Hawaii State Teachers Association, saying the agreement with the union "will play a critical role in making Hawaii's education reforms possible."
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:26am HST
The U.S. Department of Education has released a report detailing the education reform marks missed by Hawaii during the first year of its four-year, $75 million "Race to the Top" grant.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that while Hawaii missed "the majority" of those milestones, Education Secretary Arne Duncan commended the state for reaching a tentative agreement with the Hawaii State Teachers Association, saying the agreement with the union "will play a critical role in making Hawaii's education reforms possible."
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
DISAPPEARED NEWS
From this:
"The visit to Honolulu focuses on Hawaii's progress in building strong state-wide capacity to implement, scale up, and sustain proposed plans as well as the state's efforts to turn around its lowest achieving schools."
to scoring 135 out a possible 300, and coming in last among the states.
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