May 2006

Features
Grading the Public Schools For the third year, we’ve compiled official DOE data on 259 public schools statewide and used it to grade and rank our schools. Ronna Bolante
Hilo Rising In 1999, this magazine visited Hilo and found a community in trouble. Now, art dealers hold more sway than drug dealers, and Hilo is building a future to rival its storied past. Leslie Lang, photos by Olivier Koning
	Our Schools: Has Anything Changed? In May 2001, we published "The Death of Public School," taking the state Department of Education to task for failing to do its job. It's been five years—has public education gotten any better? Ronna Bolante
A Mid-Century Time Capsule A recently discovered treasure trove of vivid Kodachrome slides takes us back to the futuristic ‘50s, when modernist architecture was all the rage in Hawai’i. Scott Cheever, photos by Roger Benezet

Features

Grading the Public Schools

For the third year, we’ve compiled official DOE data on 259 public schools statewide and used it to grade and rank our schools.

Ronna Bolante

Hilo Rising

In 1999, this magazine visited Hilo and found a community in trouble. Now, art dealers hold more sway than drug dealers, and Hilo is building a future to rival its storied past.

Leslie Lang, photos by Olivier Koning

Our Schools: Has Anything Changed?

In May 2001, we published "The Death of Public School," taking the state Department of Education to task for failing to do its job. It's been five years—has public education gotten any better?

Ronna Bolante

A Mid-Century Time Capsule

A recently discovered treasure trove of vivid Kodachrome slides takes us back to the futuristic ‘50s, when modernist architecture was all the rage in Hawai’i.

Scott Cheever, photos by Roger Benezet