Department of Education

Acting Konawaena High School Principal Chelsea Qualey and Ramzi Mansour of the state Department of Accounting and General Services share the progress being made following damages from recent storms.

Hawaiʻi educators have a new rental option through a development under the state Department of Education. Ke ʻAla Punia includes 47 rental units for educators and staff.

Can the state Department of Education still meet its goal to purchase 30% of its food from local sources by 2030?

HPR speaks with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education about the state’s first aviation maintenance technology program for young students.

HPR speaks with participants in the latest "No Kings" rally in Honolulu, one of the more than 3,000 protests held across the country last Saturday; HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the steps the state is taking to acquire the 120-year-old Wahiawā Dam

Flooding on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island was bad enough to close Konawaena High School, which will transition to distance learning when students return to school Monday after spring break.

A universal school meals program has been proposed at the Legislature before, and itʻs usually met with pushback from state Department of Education officials due to concerns about the logistics and costs.

State lawmakers are advancing a controversial bill that would cap the number of public school complex area superintendents in Hawaiʻi.

The approved policy completely prohibits the use of phones at elementary and middle schools. High schools have some leeway, with exceptions for noninstructional times, including lunch breaks, before and after school, and during free periods.

Oʻahu's first official School Resource Officer program launched this week. HIDOE says this is not to replace existing school disciplinary action, but rather to focus on mentorship and building trust.