Department of Education

A new state Department of Education report summarizes community input for the selection of King Kamehameha III Elementary's permanent campus location. There are two top choices, and the state superintendent will make the final decision.

In case you missed it on The Conversation this week, we learned about the efforts to bring back old-school baseball, what the possible dismantling of the federal DOE means for Hawaiʻi and more.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to get rid of the federal Department of Education. The Conversation talked to Hawaiʻi Department of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi and state Board of Education chairman Roy Takumi about what this means locally.

What if 'eat local' starts at school? This was the topic of conversation at the Hawai'i Agricultural Foundation’s recent Eat Think Drink event.

On Tuesday, the charter school received a more than $1 million gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg. The funds will help cover the cost of building the facilities on 11 acres of land the school bought last year.

Hawaiʻi was one of seven recipients of an Environmental Protection Agency grant to retrofit water fixtures in elementary schools and preschool centers. The Conversation talked to Dr. Diana Felton, the toxicologist for the state Department of Health, about preventing lead in our drinking water.

The course is part of the Filipino Curriculum Project, a student-driven initiative advocating for Filipino representation in Hawaiʻi’s school curriculum.

Officials have said the fire-damaged Lahaina elementary school can't be rebuilt on its former Front Street site. Now, Kamehameha Schools has offered land just outside Lahaina for consideration.

The Conversation talked with Hawaiʻi Department of Education Deputy Superintendent Tammi Oyadomari-Chun about the efforts to prepare keiki for future careers.

While community feedback showed strong support for rebuilding Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III campus at its original Front Street location, Department of Education officials are now saying that won’t be possible. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the latest in the search for a permanent school site.