Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial Column (Third of four columns). WHERE does hawaii stand in achieving the goal of having all of America s k12 schools hook up to the Information Superhighway? No. http://starbulletin.com/97/01/24/editorial/smyser.html
Extractions: onto info highway (Third of four columns) WHERE does Hawaii stand in achieving the goal of having all of America's K-12 schools hook up to the Information Superhighway? No. 1, that's where. We are two or three years ahead of California, which has received national publicity. In a year-ago report to President Clinton and Vice President Gore, Hawaii was cited as the lead example that the costs of a national hookup are manageable. "In Hawaii," it said, "almost 90 percent of the public schools have connectivity to the Internet, using Oceanic Cablevision's ethernet-over-CATV connections or GTE's frame relay services." It now is 100 percent but connections have higher capability on Oahu than off Oahu. The report continued: "Hawaii has been able to get many of its classrooms wired even though less than 1 percent of the annual (education) budget goes to technology." Hawaii State Sen. Carol Fukunaga was the only state legislator serving on the 36-member national commission that recommended bold get-hooked-up goals after a two-year study. She was chosen presumably in part because of Hawaii's record of progress, which owes much to prodding from her and Sens. David Ige and Les Ihara. A key figure in connecting our schools has been Philip J. Bossert, project director for the Hawaii Education and Research Network, funded by the National Science Foundation, and a former assistant superintendent of education assigned to the task of hooking all of our schools onto the Information Superhighway, even across watery channels that separate our islands.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News hawaii the 42nd most populous state with 1.2 million two of the nation s largest private k12 institutions, Punahou School and Kamehameha schools. http://starbulletin.com/2001/08/26/news/story1.html
Extractions: Associated Press As the last of Hawaii's children start the new school year tomorrow, a greater percentage of them will be doing so in private schools than their mainland peers. An Associated Press analysis of estimates from 2000 supplemental Census Bureau surveys shows Hawaii has the highest percentage of K-12 private school enrollment among the 50 states. In Hawaii, slightly under one in five students is enrolled in a private school, a rate surpassed only by that of Washington, D.C. Hawaii climbed from fourth place behind Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., in an analysis of similar data from the 1990 Census. Local educators say it's not clear whether the jump had more to do with general population trends than changing attitudes about public or private education in Hawaii. While K-12 public school enrollment declined from about 189,000 to 183,000 in the past five years partly a function of slowed population growth private school enrollment remained relatively steady at about 35,000. The Census estimates put Hawaii's public school population at 180,408 and its private school population at 42,298. Although the figures are based on survey results and differ from the hard data available from the state and private schools, experts say the responses are useful for examining educational trends.
Agent K-12 - State Information hawaii AffiliateNational Education Association; hawaii k12 Teaching Information; hawaii Group Can Hand Out Religious Materials in schools, May 14 http://www.agentk-12.edweek.org/state_page.cfm?stateabbrv=hi
Good News On Hawaiian Schools Education State Rankings 20022003 Pre k-12 Education in the is extremely proud of the successes of hawaii s Public schools. can go to http//www.doe.k12.hi.us http://www2.hickam.af.mil/15msg/Good News on Hawaiian Schools.htm
Extractions: Great News on Hawaii's Public Schools There are tremendous things going on in Hawaii's Public Schools. The military has a direct line of communication with the State of Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) Superintendent via the Joint Venture Education Forum (JVEF). JVEF is a partnership between the military community and the DOE to discover ways to address military educational concerns in the state of Hawaii. Thanks to the efforts of US Senator Daniel Inouye, JVEF has received for the third consecutive year $5 million in supplemental Impact Aid funding from the federal government. The funds goes directly to support the schools attended by military children for school facility repairs, text books, new computers and equipment, etc. Parents of military students play a vital role in the Impact Aid funds received by the State of Hawaii. At the beginning of the school year Impact Aid survey cards are passed out. These survey cards tell the Department of Defense how each student is connected federally which affects the amount of aid given. The JVEF budget also grows through the "sweat equity" of military volunteer hours. "Sweat equity" is the amount of hours military community members volunteer through school improvement projects and those hours equate to a quantifiable dollar amount through state funds called "Hawaii 3Rs" (repair, remodel, and restore). Over the last two years, Hickam School Partnership Program had more than 350+ volunteers that contributed more than 10,075 hours that equated to $251,875 in "sweat equity". Hickam's community has a long-standing reputation for leading the way in volunteerism through partnerships with local schools.
Moving To Hawaii children are also available. Inquiries about hawaii public schools (k12) should be directed to Department of Education, State http://www.hawaiiresidency.org/hrp_portal_pages/move_to_hawaii.html
Extractions: Moving To Hawaii!! Hawaii Residency Programs Home Page Administation Home Forms Moving To Hawaii ... Hawaii Residency Programs Classified Ads USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR MOVE TO HAWAII An excellent source of detailed information regarding your relocation to Hawaii, where to live and the school system is available at: www.hawaii.com . For a listing of state services, visit: www.hawaii.com/government Click this hyperlink to view the Oahu Data Book with information about land ownership, population, employment and the visitor industry or the Newcomers Guide with everything you need to know to about moving to Oahu; from finding a house, starting a business, and even what to do on the island for entertainment. CHILD CARE LINKS Patch Hawaii (People Attentive To Children) Kama'aina Kids Kama'aina Kids Preschools. For children 2-5 years old. SCHOOLS The State Department of Education operates public schools from kindergarten through high school, including technical and special training facilities. As a special service, a number of community schools for adults and schools designed for mentally and physically challenged children are also available. Inquiries about Hawaii public schools (K-12) should be directed to: Department of Education, State of Hawaii
Extractions: Honolulu Advertiser Second Opinion column by Cliff Slater January 10, 1997 Footnotes: (1) The Center for Education Reform lists thirteen "Charter school states that offer real autonomy." (http://edreform.com/pubs/chglance.htm). It describes the State of Hawaii as having a "weak charter law that brings few new options." (2) "The teacher unions ... pay lip service to the charter concept but hedge it about with so many conditions and restrictions that any resulting schools will be clones of conventional public schools." Finn, Chester E. Jr. Teachers vs. Education. New York Times. August 24,1996. (3) Gatto, John Taylor. The Exhausted School. The Odysseus Group. 1993. p. i (4) Ravitch, Diane. Challenging Monopoly. Forbes. October 21, 1996. p. 5 (5) Finn, Chester E. Jr. Teachers vs. Education. New York Times. August 24, 199 (6) Quoted from Finn, Chester E. Jr., Louann A. Bierlein, and Bruno v. Manno. Charter Schools in Action: A First Look. Hudson Institute. January 1996. The home page of the Education Commission of the States is (http:/ /www .ecs.org/) (7) "The solution is ... autonomy of principals and teachers freed of the dead hand of bureaucratic regulation from government and from school boards." Chubb, John E. & Terry M. Moe. Politics, Markets, and America's Schools. Brookings Institution. 1990.
UHMCC- Links Page hawaiian Railway Societytake a train ride on hawaii s historical traintracks in Ewa Oahu schools on WWW links to Oahu k12 schools on the web, private and http://www.lava.net/~dorchen/uhmcc/uhmcclinks.html
Extractions: If you know of some cool things to do with kids in Hawaii, please email me a note and maybe I can include it on this web page! @ the Movies The Baby Hui a neighborhood-based positive-parenting support-group network of parents with children from birth to three, (aka what to do with your kids BEFORE pre-school) Bishop Museum "The State Musuem of Natural and Cultural History" Hawai`i State Public Library System Borrow books, audio CDs and tapes from any library in the state for three weeks at a time; or rent videos for a week for only one dollar. Hawaiian Humane Society , 2700 Waialae Ave., Honolulu 946-2187 pet the cats and kittens in the cat house, say hello to the dogs and bunnies. Hawaiian Railway Society take a train ride on Hawaii's historical traintracks in Ewa on Oahu Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit Honolulu Zoo an annual family pass is available for $25/year Kodak Hula Show free hula show at the Waikiki Shell in Kapiolani Park in Honolulu Leahi Swim School classes held at St. Francis School in Manoa Valley, call 735-1666 for more info. (they are GREAT with children, they never force the child to do anything s/he is uncomfortable with)
Wired News: California Schools Get Hooked California is not the first state to network all of its k12 schools. Classrooms in Alaska, hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,45882,00.html
Extractions: 02:00 AM Sep. 10, 2001 PT No one likes waiting for audio and video files to download. Certainly not school teachers, who can't afford to waste precious classroom time while students stare at a half-blank computer screen, waiting for a virtual museum tour to finish loading. But if all goes as planned, K-12 students in California may soon have access to an array of rich content previously unavailable to them due to the limitations of slow bandwidth. Iraq's Allawi Says U.S.-Led Troops Still Needed
CLC -- The Civic Mission Of Schools servicelearning policies and practices of k-12 schools at the schools As Citizens will use a three-year sites in three states Indiana, hawaii and Vermont. http://www.ecs.org/html/projectsPartners/clc/CLCCivicMissionSchools.htm
Extractions: Civic Mission of Schools Executive Board and Staff Links ... Meetings and Workshops There is a growing need for schools to produce citizens who have not only knowledge about civil issues such as how a bill becomes a law, but also a set of values about why citizenship is important and a set of civic skills that gives students a sense of efficacy and a commitment to be active, principled citizens. In response to the sense of national urgency around revitalizing the civic mission of our schools, the Education Commission of the States (ECS), through its service-learning project, the Compact for Learning and Citizenship (CLC), launched the Every Student A Citizen initiative. The initiative's goal is to engage all students in active citizenship and help education leaders meet schools academic and civic missions. To meet this goal and with funding from The Ford Foundation, CLC created the National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools, a 21-member group comprised of K-12 and university teachers and students as well as representatives from national education organizations. The National Study Group's report, Every Student A Citizen: Creating the Democratic Self, recommends steps that schools and districts, states and national organizations can take to improve civic participation through service-learning.
2003 Grantees : 2003 BFA Grantees In Hawaii 2003 hawaii Grantees. In 2003, the Beaumont Foundation of America awarded technology equipment grants to seven sites in hawaii. k12 schools. http://www.bmtfoundation.com/bfa/us/public/en/yearbook/2003grantees/hawaii.html
Extractions: Introduction Alabama Alaska California ... Washington, DC Hawaii Idaho Illinois Kansas Mississippi ... Wyoming In 2003, the Beaumont Foundation of America awarded technology equipment grants to seven sites in Hawaii. K-12 Schools Kekaha School, Kekaha Community Organizations Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii, Honolulu Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii - Nanakuli Clubhouse, Honolulu
Extractions: Remember, it is critical that your project matches the funder's guidelines. You will waste both your time and the grant-maker's if you submit a proposal that does not match the grantor's funding initiatives. The SchoolGrants focus is primarily schools within the United States. There are, however, often opportunities available that extend to our Canadian neighbors. Most of such opportunities are found on the Nationwide Opportunities pages. If you know of opportunities that are not listed on the SchoolGrants site, we would appreciate you letting me know about them! It is the SchoolGrants goal to provide as many opportunities as possible to benefit our Nation's children and their schools. This is only possible with your help and assistance.
Extractions: Welcome FAQ Directory of Schools Calendar of Events ... Contact Us Ongoing Process: Public Hawaii: Comprehensive All K-12 Hawaii public schools utilize an integrated process entitled Focus on Learning: Standard Implementation Design (FOL-SID). The FOL-SID is an all encompassing protocol that addresses the Hawaii Department of education standards-based focus in conjunction with the ongoing school improvement to strengthen student learning inherent in the WASC accreditation process. The FOL-SID is a powerful process that involves school in the assessment of student learning and program that results in the development and implementation of an action plan. This plan is reassessed and refined annually by the schools who submit biannual progress reports to their respective local complex area superintendents. Currently, an initial visit procedure is being adapted for Hawaii public schools that will replace the current use of the WASC Accreditation Manual: Initial Visit Procedures guidelines. Initial Visit
Extractions: We help folks understand how complex natural systems work, from basic biology lessons to ethno-botany, the chemicals in our environment as endocrine disruptors, Gaia, and explorations in systems thinking and self-organization. Inevitably, we enter the world of new paradigms, where waste is a resource, bacteria and the micro-cosmos seem to rule the world, and where people come to realize that humans can indeed restore nature through simple measures in our everyday lives.
Zeal.com - Site Profile For Hawaii Department Of Education , Includes links to individual schools in hawaii s k12 statewide system, plus a list URL, http//doe.k12.hi.us/. Title, hawaii Department of Education. http://www.zeal.com/website/profile.jhtml?cid=&wid=70133543
America's Career InfoNet: Education, Culture, And Recreation Tourism Authority. Education. hawaii Financial Aid Programs; hawaii Individual k12 schools; hawaii Scholarships Search; hawaii VETS http://www.acinet.org/acinet/state2.asp?soccode=undefined&stfips=15
Extractions: PRELSTAR Media doe.k12.hi.us ]; RIFNet, Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. [ www.rif.org ]; STAR-Project, Western Illinois University [ www.star-online.org ]; Step STAR Network, Educational District 101 [ stepstar.esd101.net ]; and TEAMS Distance Learning Los Angeles County Office of Education [ teams.lacoe.edu Videotape Programs online order form . Most programs are also scheduled for broadcast, check the broadcast programming schedule for dates and times or contact your local cable company
GeoScience: K-12 Resources related to k12 education in schools are best These topics are the prescribed Alberta k-12 GeoScience curriculum.); tables and wind erosion from soest.hawaii.edu http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~johnstos/geosci.html
Extractions: This "page" is an ongoing project to see what relevant K-12 GeoScience resources are available "out there". This page (since it sits in Calgary ) has a definite petroleum or 'soft rock' bias. Also, since we're "in" Alberta, one of the initial focuses will start from Alberta Education's curriculum. This prescribes GeoScience topics in Science classes in Grade 3/7/8/11/12. Another aim of this page is to identify Calgary, Albertan, Canadian and International field trips and GeoScience sites of interest. I've also included general Earth Science Meta-links. Also the hope is that classroom projects, activities, and other GeoScience information produced by students will be pointed to or exhibited here. The overall point is to foster and facilitate dialogue among the 'greater' GeoScience community. [Top] [Grade 3/7/8/11/12] [Cal/Ab/Cdn/Earth Sites] [MetaLinks] All suggestions, materials,etc. to johnstos@cuug.ab.ca will be appreciated. Communication by students, teachers and other GeoScience Web authors is especially desired, in order to make this and other pages more useful to young GeoScientists. "The world we live in presents an endless variety of fascinating problems which excite our wonder and curiosity ... They indicate that - in general terms - scientific investigation is concerned with the manifestations and transformations of matter and energy in space and time. Put more briefly and philosophically, science is concerned with relationships between events." (from "Principles of Physical Geology", Arthur Holmes)
