Department Archive - Hawaii

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	Are Hawaii Schools Safe? Every year HONOLULU Magazine looks at official state Department of Education data to rank our Island schools on parent, teacher and student satisfaction, as well as academic performance. This year, we also take a look at something that worries every parent: school safety. Here’s how Hawaii’s schools stack up. Victoria wiseman • photography by adam jung • photo illustration by erik ries	May 2013
	What Special Education looks like now in Hawaii's Public Schools It’s been 20 years since a class-action lawsuit forced the state to dramatically overhaul the way it provided special-education services to the students who needed them. Two decades after the Felix consent decree, here is what special education looks like in Hawai‘i’s schools today.	May 2013
	Home School To teach environmentalism, Betty Gearen turned her home into a classroom. Sheila Sarhangi	July 2009
	Resurrection After more than 20 years, Hawaiian immersion programs continue to keep the language alive. T. Ilihia Gionson	August 2008
	Meeting of the Minds East-West Philosophers’ Conference convenes in Honolulu to discuss “Educations and Their Purposes" Lavonne Leong	May 2005

Are Hawaii Schools Safe?

Every year HONOLULU Magazine looks at official state Department of Education data to rank our Island schools on parent, teacher and student satisfaction, as well as academic performance. This year, we also take a look at something that worries every parent: school safety. Here’s how Hawaii’s schools stack up.

Victoria wiseman • photography by adam jung • photo illustration by erik ries

May 2013

What Special Education looks like now in Hawaii's Public Schools

It’s been 20 years since a class-action lawsuit forced the state to dramatically overhaul the way it provided special-education services to the students who needed them. Two decades after the Felix consent decree, here is what special education looks like in Hawai‘i’s schools today.

May 2013