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News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Hawaii
Teaching Profession Hawaii Principals To Be Evaluated on Student Growth
Half of a school leader's evaluation will now be based on student performance.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, January 29, 2013
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Education Funding Hawaii Inches Ahead on Race to Top Progress
Still in hot water on teacher and principal evaluations, Hawaii moves forward on other Race to the Top commitments.
Michele McNeil, January 22, 2013
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Teaching Profession Hawaii Grapples With Teacher-Pact Impasse
Some commentators warn that stalled talks in Hawaii over a new teachers contract could lead to a strike.
Stephen Sawchuk, October 16, 2012
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Teaching Profession Hawaii Union, District Still at Odds Over Contract
Hawaii teachers have still not come to an agreement with the state over a new contract, in what some commentators think could lead to a strike.
Stephen Sawchuk, October 8, 2012
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Education Funding Hawaii Makes Race to Top Progress, But Is It Enough?
Hawaii has made a lot of progress in implementing its Race to the Top grant, but one key deliverable still eludes the state: a new teachers' contract.
Michele McNeil, August 24, 2012
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Teaching Profession Hawaii Keeps Race to Top Grant, 'High Risk' Status
Federal officials balk at pulling the $75 million award, but a deal on teacher evaluations remains elusive.
Andrew Ujifusa, May 15, 2012
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Education Funding Hawaii Union Leaders Move to Save Race to the Top Grant
Hawaii's teachers' union will take yet another vote on the new evaluation system that was a centerpiece of the state's winning Race to the Top application--but now threatens to jeopardize its funding.
Alyson Klein, May 4, 2012
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Education Funding Feds Want 'Clear, Compelling' Race to Top Progress in Hawaii
During a four-day on-site visit to Hawaii, officials from the U.S. Department of Education will look for "clear and compelling" evidence that the state is making good on promises it made in its winning Race to the Top plan.
Michele McNeil, March 27, 2012
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Education Funding Hawaii Scrambles to Meet Race to Promises
With a $75 million award in peril, crafting a teacher-evaluation system takes on added drama.
Michele McNeil, January 31, 2012
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Federal 7 Runners-Up Finally Share (Much Smaller) Race to Top Prize
Some states that narrowly missed out in last year's Race to the Top contest will split $200 million to fund small pieces of their original plans, the Education Department announces.
Michele McNeil, December 23, 2011
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Education Funding Pressure Mounts on Hawaii in Race to Top
Teacher evaluation proves among the toughest issues as Hawaii seeks to put its $75 million Race to the Top grant into effect.
Michele McNeil, December 13, 2011
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Education Challenge to Hawaii School's Restrictive Policies Rejected
The full 9th Circuit federal appeals court declined to rehear a case involving a Hawaii private school's policy of serving only native Hawaiian students.
Mark Walsh, November 9, 2010
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Budget & Finance Furloughs Bedevil Hawaii Lawmakers
| Hawaii | Faced with a $142.6 million hole in the education budget for the 2011 fiscal year, which prompted the state to declare 17 furlough days for both the current and upcoming school year, educators and officials in Hawaii are struggling to find solutions to restore the lost instructional time.
Katie Ash, May 11, 2010
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Law & Courts Appeals Court Upholds Hawaii Teacher Furlough Days
A federal appeals court Monday upheld budget-driven Hawaii teacher furlough days from a lawsuit on behalf of special education students whose parents claimed they would be harmed by lack of instructional days, the Honolulu Advertiser reports.
April 9, 2010
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