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“Hawai’is Blueprint for Public Education” – Version 2.0″ by Governor Ige’s ESSA Team posted 5/9/17

“New Legislation Offers Hope of Improving Public Schools” by Catherine Payne 1/21/16 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Isle Students’ Scores on a Key National Test Slip” by Nanea Kalani 10/28/15 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Some Officials Question Teacher Evaluations” by Nanea Kalani 10/26/15 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser
BOE Evening Meeting Instructions for Tuesday, October 20,2015
“New Testing Regime at Public Schools Is a Recipe for Disaster” by Darrel Galera and Roberta Mayor 10/8/15 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“EXCLUSIVE: Former DOE Official Sues Department” by Rick Daysog 9/29/15 on Hawaii News Now
“Hawaii Still One of the Worst States for Public School Teachers” by Web Staff 9/28/15 on KHON2
“BOE Plans Rare Evening Meeting” by Jessica Terrell 9/24/15 in Civil Beat
“BOE Panel Rejects Plan for Restrictions,” by Nanea Kalani 9/17/15 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Hawaii Looks to Shorten School Employee Misconduct Investigations” by Jessica Terrell 8/19/15 in Civil Beat
“Special Education is Backsliding in Hawaii, Teachers and Advocates Say” by Jessica Terrell 8/13/15 in Civil Beat
“BOE Launching Live Audio Feed of Meetings” by Jessica Terrell 8/14/15 in Civil Beat
“She Fought Hawaii’s New Way of Evaluating Teachers–and Won” by Jessica Terrell 7/20/15 in Civil Beat
Event: Power to the Local Schools by Grassroots Institute of Hawaii
“Central Pacific President Lance Mizumoto named BOE chairman” 7/13/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Education leadership appointments move forward” 6/16/15 from Hawaii State Department of Education
“Reform Student Discipline Policies” in Our View 5/15/15 The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Discipline policy scrutinized: The BOE is considering a plan to make out-of-school suspensions a last resort” by Nanea Kalani 5/10/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
“EES System Pushing Hawaii Teachers to the Breaking Point” by Jessica Kerber 5/1/15 on the Hawaii Teachers Work to the Rules Website
“Stepping Up for School Success” by Christine Donnelly 4/26/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Ronn Nozoe–Hawaii’s Departing Deputy Superintendent of Public Schools is Taking His Experience to Washington, D.C.” by Christine Donnelly 4/24/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Doing it Right at Waikiki Elementary School” by Denby Fawcett 4/14/15 in Civil Beat
“School Guidelines Prevent Testing ‘Opt-Outs‘” by Nanea Kalani 4/3/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“State DOE Structure Is Dysfunctional” by Ray L’Heureux, Vice-Chairman of the Education Institute of Hawaii 3/27/15 in Pacific Business News
“Hawaii Gets High Marks for Education” by Jennifer Sinco Kellerher 2/6/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Common Core Standards” by Diane Ako 3/6/15 in Small Talk Star-Advertiser Blog
“My Two Kids” by Paul McKimmy 2/15/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“BOE Structure Needs Refining” 2/5/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Bill Alters Terms for BOE Members” by Nanea Kalani, 2/1/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
BOE Draft Bill 2015 (PDF)
“One on One with the Governor” by B.J. Reyes, 1/5/15 in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“DOE Must Expand Local Control; Athletics Good Place To Start” by Kim Coco Iwamoto, 12/29/14 in Civil Beat
“Best School System in North America” by Beverly Creamer

National News

“What Works Can Hurt: Side Effects in Education” by Yong Zhao posted 2/17/17
“The public has not received information about the side effects of sweeping education policies.”
Mary Ann Whiteker, 2016 Texas Superintendent of the Year. Her statement to the Texas State Board of Education on Assessment and Accountability and about reducing the emphasis on standardized testing and how doing so has benefited her district, Hudson ISD. It is a MUST SEE video.
“Acting Ed Secretary: Educators ‘Unfairly Blamed’ for Schools’ Challenges” by Gregg Toppo 2/7/16 in USA Today
“Valuing Public Education: 2016 50 State Report Card” by The Network for Public Education (President, Diane Ravitch)
“Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas” by Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)
“Obama Administration Calls for Limits on Testing in Schools” by Kate Zernike 10/24/15 in The New York Times
“Developing Excellent School Principals To Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy” from Wallace Foundation, 2015
“5 Big Ideas That Don’t Work in Education” by Anya Kamenetz 8/13/15 on NPR
“2015’s States with the Best and Worst School Systems” 7/28/15 in Wallet Hub
“What teachers really need to stay, improve and succeed” by Valerie Strauss 6/1/15 in The Washington Post.
“New Digital Learning Report Card Describes Promising Practices for States” in Education Week. For more information, see attachment.
Finland’s Schools Are Overhauling the Way They Do Things. Here’s How” by Rebecca Klein 3/28/15 in The Huffington Post
“Let me cut to the chase– I cannot recommend enough that you watch Defies Measurement, a new film by Shannon Puckett….The film is a clear-eyed, well-sourced look at the business of test-driven corporate-managed profiteer-promoted education reform, and it has several strengths that make it excellent viewing both for those of us who have been staring at these issues for a while and for teachers and civilians who are just now starting to understand that something is going wrong.” Peter Greene
“From Diane Ravitch to Senator Lamar Alexander” by Diane Ravitch 1/20/15 in Diane Ravitch’s Blog
“Has No Child Left Behind Worked?” by Neal McClusky 2/9/15 Full Testimony to Committee on Education and the Workforce: Democrats U.S. House of Representatives
National Governors Association Plan to Reauthorize the ESEA
“San Diego School Board Votes 5-0 To End Annual Testing in NCLB” by Diane Ravitch 2/12/15 in Diane Ravitch’s Blog
“ASCD Calls for Two-Year Moratorium on High Stakes Associated with Testing” by Diane Ravitch 2/9/15 in Diane Ravitch’s Blog
“What Supt. John Kuhn Said at Texas Rally” by Diane Ravitch, 2/27/13 in Diane Ravitch’s Blog
From 2013 New York High School Principal of the Year (Washington Post)
“NY High School Principal of the Year: What I’ve Learned About Annual Standardized Testing” by Valerie Strauss in Answer Sheet, 2/1/15
“Our Nation May STILL Be ‘At Risk‘” by Michael Hynes, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Patchogue-Medford School District in New York, 1/14/15 on Education Week.
“My New Paradigm for Accountability” by Diane Ravitch, 11/12/14 in Diane Ravitch’s Blog
“Illinois Principal: Who Are Our Masters?” in Diane Ravitch’s Blog, A Site to Discuss Better Education for All
“Seven Things Teachers Are Sick of Hearing from School Reformers” by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post, Answer Sheet Blog
“What Do We Do About NCLB?” by Peter Greene, 12/10/14 in Education Week
“The ABCs of a School Revolution” Edmonton Journal
“9 Promises Common Core Has Already Broken” by Joy Pullman 10/19/15 in The Federalist
“NGA and NCSL Release Recommendations for ESEA Reauthorization“
“Mike Strembitsky Leadership Style–Educator-Administrator” 6/18/15 Leo Hura of Leo Video Productions and Olelo Community Media

EIH Reports

“School Thoughts: Academic Empowerment–Darrel Galera” on ThinkTech Hawaii–Education Movers, Shakers, and Reformers 10/21/15 [As an Executive Director of Education Institute of Hawaii and former principal, Darrel Galera joined Jim Shon in a conversation about developing a school system to nurture school leadership and empowerment.]
“A Tale of Two Systems with Catherine Payne” 6/17/15 Host Jim Shon speaks with former principal/teacher/administrator Catherine Payne about the evolution of the public education system in Hawaii.

State of Hawaii DOE Project Ke Au Hou

Restructuring the Public School System for Our Children’s Future
A Draft Report for Public Discussion