On the Transparency Trail

Grassroot Institute of Hawaii's offer to help the State develop a transparency website listing all agencies' expenditures is met with resistance by the DOE, OHA and UH.....more

Hawaii's Teachers Begin to Explore Trusteeship or Decertification of their union

The HSTA's failure to represent teachers' interests, while collecting nearly $1,000 per year in dues, leaves teachers with little choice but to dump the union as their exclusive representative......more

As Sen. Akaka Pushes for Immersion School Funding, Despite Test Scores Showing Students Aren't Proficient in Reading or Math

DOE/BOE Seek to Lower Standards for Immersion Students, Putting Them in the Same Category as Severely Disabled Students.....more

Hawaii Schools Still Do Not Measure Up

Two-thirds of Hawaii's public schools failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress on the state assessment.....more

Bureaucratic Meddling Preventing New Weighted Student Formula from Working

.....more

Broken Trust: Exploring the Rampant Political Corruption in Hawaii, Once at the Highest Levels of Government

On July 5, Prominent Panel to Explore Bishop Estate Controversy; Lessons Learned; What the Public Still Doesn't Know; What the Future Holds, by Hawaii Reporter Staff .....more

Local Control is Answer for Hawaii's Failing Public Schools

Communities are fed up with bureaucracy and strive to take control of their children's education.....more

'History of Hawaii' Textbook Indoctrinates Students with Racist Propaganda

Anti-American text is required reading in Hawaii's schools......more

Army General Blocks Discussion of Education Choice for Military Students

Gen. Mixon picks battle against advocates for parents and children and is complicit in DOE plan for failure.....more

Hawaii Family Struggles With Racism, Failing Public Education System

Students kicked out of school for having the wrong zip code......more

On Core Curriculum in Hawaii Schools

Would implementing a K-12 curriculum be bad, as some professors at the University of Hawaii claim?.....more

Hawaii Board of Education Stifles Charter School Growth

Board policies attempt to micromanage schools, while breaking state charter school law......more

Hawaii Legislators' Decree on Schools: Let Them Eat Cake, But Not Steak

.....more

F for Failure: DOE's Disasterous Federal Assessment Could Put State Under Consent Decree or Cost the Taxpayers Big Bucks

.....more

Follow the Money: HSTA Union Dues Go Largely to Union Payroll, Not to Benefit Teachers

.....more

Hawaii Teachers Demand New Election for Union Officers After Discovering Improprieties

.....more

Raising the Bar in Hawaii's Public Schools

Achieve, Inc. takes an objective look at the Hawaii State Assessment.....more

Fear of Success Dragging Down Achievement in Public Schools

An education system that dumbs down the population perfectly suits and benefits those in power.....more

DOE Fails Federal Lunch Audit - And That's Just the Start of the March (Education) Madness

Accountability and transparency fall to an all time low in the DOE......more

Hawaii Public School Teachers Union, Superintendent, Fighting Legislation that Mandates Statewide Curriculum

The disconnnect between education bureaucrats' philosophy and teachers' need to teach fundamental skills in the classroom cause legislature to perform a reality check......more

Waters of Life Teachers, Students, School Property, Assaulted by Gang of Kids from Nearby Public School

Victimized students and teachers will be kicked out of their school by Hawaii's Girl Scout Council......more

Lawmakers Receive 'D' Grade for Charter School Law

Hawaii continues to trail the nation in the school choice movement with no relief in sight. By Laura Brown.....more

Hawaii Schools Wither Under Act 51

The DOE bureaucracy continues to ignore the law to retain centralized control of funding and authority for school expenditures......more

Squashing Special Education Children in Hawaii

Hawaii should take a few lessons in compassion from a New York school and its community. By Laura Brown.....more

Fuzzy Math - Is the DOE's $7 Million Annual Assessment Test Too Difficult or Just Plain Screwed Up?

.....more

Inclusion of Private School Students in Hawaii State Assessment is Not Allowed under NCLB

.....more

Hawaii DOE Ignores the Law

Bureaucracy fails to perform legitimate school needs assessment. By Laura Brown.....more

3R's Works: Repairing the Cracks in Hawaii's Schools

Highlighting a better model for repairing schools. By Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Staff.....more

So What Exactly is the State Department of Education Buying With All that Taxpayer Money?

Public invited to help Hawaii Reporter search for most outrageous DOE expenditures. By Malia Zimmerman......more

Myths and Facts about Hawaii Public Education

DOE asks Military Chain of Command to spread propaganda that Hawaii's public schools are doing a good job of educating children. By Grassroot Institute staff......more

Superintendent Asks for More Money for Previously-funded Projects

DOE and Legislature reveal that they haven't a clue where, or even if, money gets to the schools that need it. By Laura Brown......more

Chaos in the Department of Education

A Hawaii Reporter Investigation Reveals the DOE Repair and Maintenance Budget is Rife with Errors......more

Hawaii Government Preschool Proposal Would Strip Parental Choice

Task force recommends growing bureaucracy to expand inept Hawaii school system. By Laura Brown.....more

Stupid in America

John Stossel looks at how U.S. Public Schools are Failing Kids.....more

President Bush Signs Hurricane Education Recovery Act

Assistance approved for public and non-public schools......more

School Choice - A Better Solution for Hawaii

School choice is the only workable option to improve education opportunity for children. By Laura Brown.....more

Momentum for Hawaii Military Charter School Grows

Military parents seek a consistant education for their children......more

Hellish Ride to Elementary School

Parents of Scared Special Needs Students Boycott Hawaii School Bus Provider, Kailua Local, After Children Report Being Duct Taped, Abused and Threatened by Drivers By Laura Brown.....more

Military Charter School Project Kicks Off in Hawaii

Pilot school will provide a model for national military charter school network. By Laura Brown.....more

Hawaii's Gain in Federal Impact Aid is Another State's Loss

State Rep. exploits law to increase funding to Hawaii, but does not advocate accountability for expenditures. By Laura Brown.....more

Government Nannies Rule Supreme Over Parents

Supreme Court rules that government knows best how to educate children. By Laura Brown.....more

Court Ruling Updates Grand Theft Education

Wrongdoers go unpunished for shredding documents, harassing whistleblowers in California fraud investigation. By K. Lloyd Billingsley.....more

Weighted formula is being used badly

$488 million dollars spent by the DOE bureaucracy is left out of money allocated to schools. By Darwin L.D. Ching and Paul Vierling .....more

The World is Upside Down

Grassroot Perspective By Laura Brown.....more

U.S. Students Not Measuring Up Academically

National academic standards and tests in public schools are needed. By Diane Ravitch.....more

Family Education Reimbursement Act

Alliance for School Choice Asks for Help in Getting FERA legislation passed.....more

Federal Judge Blocks Unlawful Dues from California Government Workers

TRO filed against CSEA's collection of dues increase from nonmembers for political use. .....more

Why Military Schools Succeed Except in Hawaii

Hawaii's Education Momentum Commission recommends military schools convert to charter status.....more

Alliance for School Choice Applauds Senate Vote for Education

Measure includes relief for schoolchildren affected by Hurricane Katrina.....more

Hawaii Economic Momentum Commission Releases Recommendations

Seeks public comment on proposals......more