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- The Hawaii State Board of Education ("Board") was established by the Hawaii State Constitution, which grants the Board the power to formulate statewide educational policy. The Board appoints the executive officers of the public school system and public library system and the members of the State Public Charter School Commission.
- 'Iolani Palace represents a time in Hawaiian history when King Kalākaua and his sister and successor, Queen Lili'uokalani, walked the halls and ruled the Kingdom of Hawai'i. The Palace halls contain beautiful memories of grand balls and hula performances, as well as painful ones of Lili'uokalani’s imprisonment and eventual overthrow. Since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, the Palace has undergone many changes as it once served as the Capitol for almost 80 years and was later vacated and restored to its original grandeur in the 1970s.
- The Hawai'i State Department of Education is the only statewide public school district in the country. It comprises 256 public schools and 34 charter schools, educating about 180,000 students. We have about 22,000 permanent full-time staff including about 13,000 teachers.
- Haleakalā, or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West Maui Mountains. The tallest peak of Haleakalā, at 10,023 feet, is Puʻu ʻUlaʻula.
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park encompasses 333,308 acres from the summit of Maunaloa to the sea. Discover 150 miles of hiking trails through volcanic craters, scalded deserts and rainforests, as well as a museum, petroglyphs and two active volcanoes: Maunaloa, which last erupted in 1984 and Kīlauea which has been erupting since January 3, 1983.
- The Learning Design Framework emerges from a set of principles grounded in the belief that all students in Hawaiʻi can achieve success in school and beyond.
- This island is considered uninhabitable due to its lack of fresh water. Kahoʻolawe became a training ground and bombing range for the U.S. military after World War II. In 1990, following decades of protest, these live-fire exercises ended. The military formally transferred control of Kahoʻolawe in 1994. It will take work and time with the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission or the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana to get to Kahoʻolawe. The primary focus of volunteers is restoration ensuring the island and its surrounding waters will be preserved for future generations.
- Career & Technical Education : Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III Computer Science : Computer Science Teachers Association English Language Arts & Mathematics : Common Core State Standards Fine Arts : Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III Health Education : National Health Education Standards Physical Education : Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III Science : Next Generation Science Standards Social Studies : Hawaii Core Standards for Social Studies World Languages : Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III
- New state standards are challenging students to understand subject matter more deeply, think more critically, and apply their learning to the real world. To measure these new state standards, educators from Smarter Balanced states worked together to develop new, high-quality assessments in English and math for grades 3–8 and high school. These Smarter Balanced assessments provide more accurate and meaningful information about what students are learning by adapting to each student’s ability, giving teachers and parents better information to help students succeed in school and after.
- When Hansen's disease (leprosy) was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands, King Lot Kapuāiwa (fifth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, Kamehameha V) banished all afflicted to the isolated Kalaupapa peninsula on the north shore of Molokaʻi. Since 1866, more than 8,000 people, mostly Hawaiians, have died at Kalaupapa. Once a prison, Kalaupapa is now refuge for the few remaining residents who are now cured, but were forced to live their lives in isolation. (https://vimeo.com/113259515)