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Governor:Neil Abercrombie
Superintendent:Kathryn Matayoshi
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:179,601
Number of school districts:1
Number of public schools:289
Number of public school teachers:11,396
Unadjusted education spending per student:$11,714
Percent minority students:85.5%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:46.8%
Percent of students with disabilities:11.0%
Percent of English-language learners:10.6%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:39.7%
8th grade math:30.0%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:27.2%
8th grade reading:26.0%

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Thirteen Western states that are home to more than 93 percent of the nation’s federally owned land have formed a coalition to lobby Washington for an annual $4 billion in lost local and state property-tax revenues on the federal land, nearly $1.9 billion of which would have gone to pay for public education.
December 12, 2006 - Education Week
In the face of controversy and lingering confusion, the Hawaii state board of education has voted to begin putting the state’s new system of school aid in place in the 2006-07 school year.
November 29, 2005 - Education Week
With the Hawaii Department of Education unable to provide any additional money for the state’s charter schools, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has allocated $2.2 million to the 14 charter schools that have Hawaiian-focused programs.
October 25, 2005 - Education Week
From now on, when Hawaii’s high school students grab their surfboards and head for Oahu’s North Shore—or other surfing destinations throughout the state—they might be doing so as the Kahuku High Red Raiders or the Na Ali’i team from King Kekaulike High School.
June 9, 2004 - Education Week
Gov. Linda Lingle has a little more ammunition for her bid to break up the nation's only statewide school district.
December 10, 2003 - Education Week
Certified special education teachers in Hawaii have been barred from transferring to posts outside their specialty for the coming school year.
April 24, 2002 - Education Week
Hawaii's interim superintendent, Patricia Hamamoto, promises to "stay the course" and build on the systemwide changes Paul G. LeMahieu initiated, in spite of his abrupt departure from the state chief's post earlier this month.
October 31, 2001 - Education Week
Hawaii schools Superintendent Paul G. LeMahieu has complied with a request from the state school board to resign from his position at a nonprofit company that provides educational services to his state.
May 23, 2001 - Education Week
Hawaii's public school teachers returned to their classrooms last week, having bargained with the state for sizable raises and bonuses in a deal struck hours before a federal judge made good on a promise to intervene.
May 2, 2001 - Education Week
The statewide teacher strike in the nation's 50th state entered its third week, even as a federal judge weighed a request to send teachers back to class.
April 25, 2001 - Education Week

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