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A Waiakea High School mathematics educator was surprised with the prestigious Milken Educator Award in front of teachers, students and staff during a school assembly.

A lack of institutional knowledge among board members and staff is limiting the BOE's effectiveness and leaving it open to legislative interference, education advocates say.

Another shuffle is taking place on the state Board of Education (BOE), with the resignation of current chair Warren Haruki.

Governor Names Community Leaders to Several Boards

The state Board of Education has a second appointed new leader in less than a year.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., has named several community and business leaders to a number of important state boards and commissions. Among them are Maui residents Bruce Uʻu to the Land Use Commission, Carol Reimann to the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Wesley Lo to the Board of Education, Elaine Yamashita to the Early Learning Board and Nathaniel Oswald to the Board of Agriculture.

Less than eight months after its harbor front campus was destroyed by wildfire, Kamehameha III Elementary School at Pulelehua held a blessing and dedication cer

A proposal to remove the $250,000 salary cap for the state superintendent of Hawaii’s public schools and allow the amount to be set by the state Board of Education passed out of a divided state House Education Committee on Monday, despite opposition via dozens of pieces of testimony and “no” votes by two former teachers on the committee.

Lawmakers have to address the superintendent's pay range this year before the current law expires.

Students and employees of King Kamehameha III have been working since mid- October in “high-quality tent structures” and borrowed classrooms on the campus of Princess Nahienaena Elementary School above Lahaina.