OUR VISION:
Exemplary public schools in Hawaii
We serve as an education think tank that educates and inspires all stakeholders to promote empowerment and innovation in all schools.
Our Goal
To educate, inform, and inspire all stakeholders through research studies, forums, partnerships, and community networks; to advocate for lasting system reform that is based on the tenets of school empowerment.
Our Work
The Education Institute of Hawaii conducts studies that are independent, objective and nonpartisan, focusing on principles and practices of effectiveness. We gather the perspectives and insights of principals and other administrators, teachers, parent groups and community leaders through surveys and focus groups; organize and promote public forums; and work directly with the media to help ensure news coverage of public education issues is predictably accurate, comprehensive and timely.
DOE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
EIH is committed to helping the Hawaii DOE account for 100 percent of its annual budget by funding a financial model that will provide fiscal transparency. The value of fiscal transparency is all key stakeholders will have the same information and a common starting point to review DOE spending.
EMPOWERMENT
School empowerment recognizes the uniqueness of each school community and that one size rarely fits all, which makes it nearly the opposite of Hawaii’s current governance structure and management mentality. An empowered-schools system requires a philosophical shift.
In the News
EIH IN THE NEWS
- Column: Increase school empowerment, reduce DOE bureaucracy – Star-Advertiser
- Tough Questions For The Hawaii Department Of Education – Civil Beat
- After ‘Egregious’ Delay, Education Nonprofit Scores DOE Finance Data – Civil Beat
- Off the News: More transparency on schools spending – Star-Advertiser
- Details of Hawaii Department of Education finances released after long tug of war – Star-Advertiser
- After Years in Court, DoE Forced to Release Financial Data – Hawaii Free Press
- EIH Successfully Obtains Complete HIDOE Financial Records – Press Release
- Column: Reopening schools on Aug. 4 is a misguided rush to failure – Star-Advertiser
- Cutting Teacher Pay Is An Easy But Unacceptable Solution – Civil Beat
- More Ways to Support Teachers Besides Just Increasing Salaries – Star-Advertiser
- EIH Doesn’t Seek To Invade Privacy – Star Advertiser
- Education Think Tank Sues DOE – Civil Beat
- Education Institute of Hawaii Sues To Get Public Schools’ Budget Data – Star Advertiser
- He’s Fighting For Details On How Hawaii Spent 2 Billion On Its Schools – Education Week
Our Partners
EIH is funded by a grant from the Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to helping Hawaii’s youth.
My vision is … future-focused empowered school communities that inspire innovation, creativity, and leadership in a healthy and safe learning environment.
GOV. DAVID IGE
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