-
Can speaking Pidgin give you an advantage in learning the Hawaiian language? That is the subject of a study by a linguist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, the linguist drew inspiration from Māori and Māori-accented English in Aotearoa.
-
The $105,000 grant came from the nonprofit ACE Scholarships.
-
Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School was damaged beyond repair in the August fire. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports how the school community joined for a blessing of a new temporary campus, which will open for learning on April 1.
-
Gov. Josh Green has appointed former state lawmaker Roy Takumi to replace Warren Haruki as Board of Education chair. This is the BOE's third major leadership change in the past two years.
-
A bill to provide universal free school meals in Hawaiʻi is once again in jeopardy at the state Legislature. The Senate Committee on Education needs to schedule a hearing for House Bill 1775 by Monday for it to move on this session.
-
If passed, Senate Bill 3207 would remove the salary cap for Hawaiʻi’s public schools’ superintendent and allow the amount to be set by the Board of Education.
-
Stanford economist Eric Hanushek led the research, which projects that school closures and distance learning over the shutdown period cost the state about $31 billion in economic losses.
-
Hawaiʻi lawmakers have advanced a measure to bolster a native fish hatchery program in Waiʻanae that would produce pua, or juvenile mullet, for fishponds and stock enhancement. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
-
The Senate narrowly voted 13-12 against Nahale-a on Tuesday after he had served on the 11-member board since 2019.
-
Students taking the exam use their own devices, or school devices – they no longer need a paper and pencil. More than a million students are expected to take the test.