So What Exactly is the State Department of Education Buying With All that Taxpayer Money?
Posted on January 25, 2006
Public invited to help Hawaii Reporter search for most outrageous DOE expenditures. By Malia Zimmerman……more

Stupid in America
Posted on January 12, 2006
John Stossel looks at how U.S. Public Schools are Failing Kids…..more

Family Education Reimbursement Act
Posted on November 7, 2005
Alliance for School Choice Asks for Help in Getting FERA legislation passed…..more

Federal Judge Blocks Unlawful Dues from California Government Workers
Posted on November 6, 2005
TRO filed against CSEA’s collection of dues increase from nonmembers for political use. …..more

Alliance for School Choice Applauds Senate Vote for Education
Posted on November 3, 2005
Measure includes relief for schoolchildren affected by Hurricane Katrina…..more

Hawaii Economic Momentum Commission Releases Recommendations
Posted on November 2, 2005
Seeks public comment on proposals……more

National Governors Association Focuses Attention on Literacy
Posted on October 31, 2005
Standards are meaningless without literacy first……more

NATIONAL COALITION SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
Posted on October 14, 2005
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EIA Exclusive: The NEA Pyramid
Posted on October 3, 2005
The View Changes As You Rise to the Top of the Nation’s Largest Union By Mike Antonucci …..more

California Teachers to Announce Class-Action Civil Rights Suit against Unions
Posted on September 21, 2005
Educators seek to bar union officials from forcing dues increases for political electioneering……more

Arizona Likely to Vote to Send 65 Cents of Each Education Dollar to Classrooms
Posted on September 15, 2005
Why this solution may not be enough. By Vicki Murray …..more

U.S. Education Falls Further Behind
Posted on September 13, 2005
Students achieve larger gains in other industrialized nations …..more

US DOE Launches Hurricane Help for Schools Web Site
Posted on September 8, 2005
Connecting individuals and communities willing to help schools obtain resources for displaced students…..more

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Remembered
Posted on September 6, 2005
No judge has done more fore parental choice than Chief Justice Rehnquist. By Clink Bolick, Alliance for School Choice…..more

Hawaii’s Public School SAT Scores Lag Far Behind National Average
Posted on August 30, 2005
Private and religious school students surpass national scores…..more

Quote of the Week on the NEA
Posted on August 29, 2005
Is NEA an association or a union?…..more

Hawaii Ranks Last in Education Freedom Nationally
Posted on August 26, 2005
Choice is limited to those who can afford private school or who know how to work around the system…..more

Hawaii State Assessment Scores Reveal 66 Percent of Schools Miss Target
Posted on August 22, 2005
Forty schools across the state face restructuring…..more

Governor Appoints New Board of Education Member
Posted on August 16, 2005
Darwin Ching replaces Shannon Aijifu on Hawaii’s Board of Education…..more

After-school Tutoring Service Hiring Substitute Teachers
Posted on July 18, 2005
It’s All About Kids will provide SES after-school services to Hawaii’s students…..more

Hawaii Charter School Administrative Office Posts Website
Posted on July 14, 2005
New site will provide information on task force activities under Act 87…..more

Wal-Mart Heir John Walton Dies in Plane Crash
Posted on June 28, 2005
Walton established the Children’s Scholarship Fund and supported vouchers…..more

States Cooking the Books on Graduation Rates
Posted on June 27, 2005
The Education Trust released a report today criticizing how states calculate and report graduation statistics…..more

Hawaii Board of Education Member Dies
Posted on June 23, 2005
Board Member Shannon Ajifu Remembered for Her Service to Public Education…..more

Hawaii’s Attorney General Giving Lingle Administration a Black-Eye
Posted on June 17, 2005
Attorney General’s actions hurting teachers, parents, students…..more

Successful Lanikai Charter School Seeks to Expand Campus
Posted on June 16, 2005
Lanikai Elementary is considering expanding to include preschool and middle school to accommodate high demand…..more

Trimble Liberty Awards Program Deadline Extended to July 15
Posted on June 14, 2005
Hawaii students vie for chance to win scholarships up to $2,500 with essays on personal responsibility and individual freedom…..more

How Schools Cheat
Posted on June 13, 2005
From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging testscores, educators are lying to the American public. By Lisa Snell …..more

State Funding Falls Short in Hawaii
Posted on May 5, 2005
Despite a slight increase in funding in Hawaii’s state budget passed May 2, charter school advocates expressed frustration over funding levels that they consider woefully inadequate. …..more