| Civil Rights Compliance Office (CRCO) | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/OfficesAndBranches/Pages/CRCO.aspx | Civil Rights Compliance Office (CRCO) | The CRCO is committed to the Hawaii State Department of Education's (HIDOE) overall compliance with Federal, State, DOE Administrative Rules, and Policy, which strictly prohibit any form of discrimination. | | |
| Heat abatement program at public schools | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/SchoolFacilities/Pages/Heat-Abatement.aspx | Heat abatement program at public schools | The Department's heat abatement effort prioritizes schools that require cooling strategies, which may include air conditioning. We work with the Legislature to fast-track the schools that need relief most. | | |
| Every Student Succeeds Act | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StriveHIPerformanceSystem/Pages/ESSA.aspx | Every Student Succeeds Act | ESSA is a reauthorization of federal education law, replacing the prior reauthorization known as No Child Left Behind, which must be implemented by school year 2017-18. The Hawai‘i DOE anticipates submitting the state’s ESSA plan for funding, led by our Strategic Plan, to the U.S. Department of Education in September. | | |
| April 2016 Education Update | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/Newsletters/EducationUpdate/Pages/April-2016.aspx | April 2016 Education Update | In this edition: Latest College & Career Readiness Indicators report shows more seniors earning Early College credit, Maunakea Scholars from Kapolei High begin their telescope time, Leilehua High students excel in national Scholastic Art Awards, Supt. Kathryn Matayoshi talks about the review and extension of the Strategic Plan, opportunities and coming events. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update, May 24, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/052416.aspx | Strategic Plan Update, May 24, 2016 | One in a series of updates about the Strategic Plan review and extension process taking place in 2016. Please click the link below to have these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Strategic Plan update: April 21, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/042116.aspx | Strategic Plan update: April 21, 2016 | First in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: May 6, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/050616.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: May 6, 2016 | One in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: June 8, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/060816.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: June 8, 2016 | One in a series of updates about the Strategic Plan review and extension process taking place in 2016. Please click the link below to have these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: July 27, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/072716.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: July 27, 2016 | One in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: July 7, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/070716.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: July 7, 2016 | One in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Librarians win awards for growing digital resources, school communities | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/SuccessStories/TeachersAndPrincipals/Pages/slj.aspx | Librarians win awards for growing digital resources, school communities | School Library Journal honored two public school librarians in Hawaii this year: Michelle Colte (Hale Kula El) and Denise Sumida (Pearl Harbor El). What do they have in common? Using technology to promote literacy and community, with a focus on student support and learning. | | |
| Strive HI FAQs | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StriveHIPerformanceSystem/Pages/Strive-FAQs.aspx | Strive HI FAQs | Your commonly asked questions about Hawaii's public school performance and accountability system answered, including information about the key performance system components (Index, Steps, Goals and Targets) and how they are set and calculated. Strive HI replaces many components of the federal No Child Left Behind law. | | |
| Hawaii secures grant to develop bold plan to improve career preparation systems for young people | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/Career-Prep-Grant.aspx | Hawaii secures grant to develop bold plan to improve career preparation systems for young people | HIDOE has secured a $100,000 grant to develop a detailed career readiness action plan, an essential step to expanding economic opportunity for young people across our state. | | |
| 2014-15 Strive HI System results | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StriveHIPerformanceSystem/Pages/2014-15-results.aspx | 2014-15 Strive HI System results | Links to key reports and the press release for Strive HI Performance System results for school year 2014-15. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: Aug. 22, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/0822.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: Aug. 22, 2016 | One in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Kupono Diploma | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/AdultEducation/Pages/Kupono-Diploma.aspx | Kupono Diploma | In recognition of the contributions and sacrificies of war veterans and internees, the state of Hawaii grants honorary diplomas through the Kupono Diploma Program. | | |
| Parent opt-out for child | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/FAQ/Pages/Parent-opt-out-for-child.aspx | Parent opt-out for child | Before engaging in any lesson or activity that may touch upon potentially controversial matters, teachers must discuss the potentially controversial matters with his or her principal to determine whether a letter concerning a potential controversial topic should be sent out to parents or legal guardians. Parents and legal guardians are afforded the opportunity to opt-out their children from such lessons. | | |
| July 2016 Education Update | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/Newsletters/EducationUpdate/Pages/July-2016.aspx | July 2016 Education Update | In this edition: An important update on heat abatement and the Cool Schools initiative, Supt. Matayoshi talks about community outreach for the Strategic Plan and implications of new federal law, plus opportunities for schools and educators, and upcoming events. | | |
| Cooling classrooms a complicated job | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/SchoolFacilities/Pages/contractors.aspx | Cooling classrooms a complicated job | Most of the work associated with the school-cooling projects go well beyond installing air conditioning, including hazardous material abatement, structural reinforcements, replacing windows and adding photovoltaic (PV) systems with battery backups, and other specialized work. This was written for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. | | |
| Strategic Plan update: May 16, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/051616.aspx | Strategic Plan update: May 16, 2016 | Third in a series of email updates on the DOE/BOE Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| Construction boom forcing delay in cooling public school classrooms | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/LeadershipProfilesAndStaff/Pages/Construction-boom-forcing-delay-in-cooling-public-school-classrooms.aspx | Construction boom forcing delay in cooling public school classrooms | Dann Carlson, Assistant Superintendent for the Office of School Facilities and Support Services, penned this piece for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser to provide an update on HIDOE's heat abatement efforts. | | |
| More contractors show interest in Department cooling projects | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/More-contractors-show-interest-in-HIDOE-cooling-projects-.aspx | More contractors show interest in Department cooling projects | A number of qualified contractors have answered the call to apply for heat abatement work in an effort to cool more classrooms. Since March, the number of prequalified contractors has increased from 18 to 36 as HIDOE prepares to put projects back out to bid. | | |
| Zones of School Innovation | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/RaceToTheTop/Pages/ZSI.aspx | Zones of School Innovation | A key focus of Hawaii’s Race to the Top agenda rested on a commitment to close achievement gaps, turn around persistently low-performing schools and ensure all students are prepared for college, career and citizenship. This was addressed through the four-year Zones of School Innovation (ZSI) project, which concluded in 2013. | | |
| Strategic Plan Update: Sept. 26, 2016 | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/092616.aspx | Strategic Plan Update: Sept. 26, 2016 | One in a series of email updates on the Strategic Plan review and extension process. Click the subscribe link below to get these updates sent to your inbox. | | |
| School Year 2012-13 results: Strive HI | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StriveHIPerformanceSystem/Pages/2012-13-results.aspx | School Year 2012-13 results: Strive HI | Results for the Department's school accountability and improvement system for School Year 2012-13, released August 2013. Strive HI is meant to be a diagnostic tool to strategically deploy resources and supports to schools; it is not a tool to rank schools. | | |
| Community Meetings: Strategic Plan & ESSA | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/VisionForSuccess/AdvancingEducation/StrategicPlan/Pages/Community-Meetings.aspx | Community Meetings: Strategic Plan & ESSA | The Board of Education and Hawaii State Department of Education are hosting community meetings to share draft updates of the Strategic Plan to better support student success. The Governor's ESSA Team is also sharing information about new opportunities under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Hawaii's state plan for ESSA will be informed by the Strategic Plan. Anyone interested in public education is encouraged to attend and learn more. | | |
| Report on college readiness for the Class of 2016 shows increases in post-high school preparation | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/2016-CCRI.aspx | Report on college readiness for the Class of 2016 shows increases in post-high school preparation | The College and Career Readiness Indicators Report for the Class of 2016, released by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, show that Hawaii students continue to reach higher levels of achievement, with more students taking college-level courses while in high school and graduating with college credits. | | |
| Welcome back! from Supt. Kathryn Matayoshi | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/Organization/LeadershipProfilesAndStaff/Pages/2016-17-welcome-back.aspx | Welcome back! from Supt. Kathryn Matayoshi | As school year 2016-17 gets under way, this letter is being sent home to parents and families with information about the Strategic Plan review and extension, which will help HIDOE build upon successes in schools and identify innovative solutions to support a high quality education for all students. | | |
| Industry-led coalition launched to prepare next generation of Hawaii workforce | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/C2C-Launch.aspx | Industry-led coalition launched to prepare next generation of Hawaii workforce | The Hawaii State Department of Education announced its Connect to Careers (C2C) coalition today alongside business and education partners. The initiative is designed to collaboratively prepare students for success in high-skill, in-demand career pathways. | | |
| Public and Charter school enrollment remains steady with increases in most grades | | http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ConnectWithUs/MediaRoom/PressReleases/Pages/HIDOEEnrollment1617.aspx | Public and Charter school enrollment remains steady with increases in most grades | Hawaii’s 256 public and 34 charter schools saw enrollment dip slightly for a total of 179,902 students for the 2016-17 school year. The greatest enrollment changes were in first and second grades as public schools are still seeing an impact due to the change to the Kindergarten entry age. | | |
