Education Institute of Hawaii

The time is past due to endow school-level staff with the power to finally be allowed to make all critical decisions benefiting their students. #EIHawaii Read more in our column that appeared in today's issue of the @StarAdvertiser

Teachers do enormously important, difficult work. They need to be respected. We need to attract young people in college to go into the profession. Yes, it is time to raise the salaries of America's teachers.

Sadly, this is all too common. The amount teachers are paid in this country is truly shameful.

Hayashi, who has been interim superintendent since Aug. 1, was selected after a tense daylong meeting that was punctuated by protests. civilbeat.org/2022/05/boe-ch… @CassieOrdonio #HInews

We are super stoked to see this headline/story. Congrats to @TeachB4Beach Wrayna Fairchild at @HawaiiCharters Voyager PCS for his awesome award! Find my #whatschoolcouldbe episode with her at: mltsinhawaii.com/index.php/podc…. (Congrats to Crystal, too!)

This is an outstanding book that explains what self-determined (& not merely self-organized) learning truly is, & why we need it. @RoutledgeEd @YongZhaoEd

"You can’t even compare a teacher’s pay to a babysitter’s, since a babysitter watching 25 kids for five hours a day for 180 days a year will earn upward of $100,000."

"If we did something crazy like ... increase teacher salaries by $30,000 across the board ... about what I made teaching in Korea .. then maybe we’d have enough people wanting to teach that we could make the process for becoming a teacher more rigorous." civilbeat.org/2022/01/eric-s…

"And every profession ultimately relies on teachers, since you need to learn skills for whatever job you end up doing, and schools are where you learn how to learn." civilbeat.org/2022/01/eric-s…

Sending the national guard and police to "teach" in our schools feels like an accidental admission that we have way too many soldiers and cops, and not enough teachers.

‘A chief data officer, a favorable committee report explained, “will help to standardize the sharing of data among agencies, increase government transparency, and promote data-driven government policies.”’ civilbeat.org/2022/01/why-ha…

Another round. #WhenATeacherDoesntShow @EdInstituteHI @william_arakaki @808kili @HSTAvoice @MandadoRy @KaneoheEl #808educate @ihikapalaumaewa @EAducator @mcdonald_kecia #Empowered cc @Willy_Falk #PuuhonuaOPuuhuluhuluUniversity

There are currently 400 unfilled substitute teacher requests. khon2.com/coronavirus/ha…

Do you remember where you learned how to ask for help? From @edutopia, here are 7 educator-sourced strategies designed to normalize seeking help in middle and high school, making it a natural, easy choice for students. edut.to/3FhNHYb

Member David Negaard had $20K of his student debt forgiven, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education overhauling its Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) to make more borrowers eligible for debt forgiveness. Learn more about debt forgiveness: bit.ly/31SXhm9

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Thursday urged school systems to use pandemic relief funds to boost public school teachers’ base pay beyond one-time bonuses to help recruit and retain educators.⁣ Learn more: bit.ly/3GRg4wY

Teacher sabbatical leave applications are now being accepted for the school year 2022–23 for educators with at least 7 years of consecutive service. Teachers may apply for one semester (at full pay) or for the entire school year (at half pay). Learn more: bit.ly/3nrDn9E

Applications for the federal Emergency Broadband Benefit Program are now being accepted. Eligible households in Hawaii can receive up to $50 per month to use toward home broadband service and up to $75 for households on Hawaiian Home Lands. Learn more: bit.ly/315XMsl

Veteran teachers need new teachers, as much as new teachers need veteran teachers. Let’s normalize this reciprocal relationship in our schools.