Education

HPR's Maddie Bender reports on how federal funding cuts are impacting the University of Hawaiʻi; Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Council, responds to environmentalists' concerns about a Trump order allowing commercial fishing within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument

Over 45 federally funded projects totaling nearly $30 million at the University of Hawaiʻi have been frozen or terminated, or received stop work orders as of April 15, according to documents obtained by HPR. By Monday, University of Hawaiʻi President Wendy Hensel announced that the cuts had increased to $36 million.

Manufacturing in Hawaiʻi is all about food. There’s a new facility on Oʻahu to help food entrepreneurs make and market their products. It's called the Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

A science, technology, engineering, agriculture and mathematics program geared towards preschoolers on Maui provides themed books, interactive activities and family workbooks.

Lahainaluna High School on Maui is the country's oldest high school. Among its storied achievements is its boarding program that continues today as the only one of its kind in the state. The UH Mānoa Center for Oral History has collected stories from 19 Native Hawaiian students who were part of that program.

While student newspapers have been on the decline, broadcast journalism in local public schools has been trudging along as the media landscape evolves. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more in her series on student journalism.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Education released a document last month providing teachers with guidance on how to respond when law enforcement officials enter a campus. The Conversation spoke with Andrea Eshelman, the deputy director and chief negotiator for the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, about the new guidance.

Hahaʻione Elementary School kindergarten and Japanese teacher Kylie Nakano has been honored for her early career work with the state Department of Education. The Teacher or Promise award honors a classroom teacher for their outstanding commitment and potential during their first three years of teaching.

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A charter school student from Hauʻula has been honored with a national prize for his community spirit and drive. Genshu Price is the driving force behind Bottles4College, which he started when he was 10 years old.