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On Campus: We’re Taking A Fresh Look At Education In Hawaii
In August, 14 teachers and 311 students in Wahiawa embarked on an exciting and challenging adventure: launching a brand new school. Kamalani Academy, one of two new charter schools approved by the...
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On Campus: A New Charter School Scrambles To Open Its Doors
Days before Kamalani Academy opened in August, the new Wahiawa charter school was scrambling — to train teachers, to find a vendor to provide school lunches, to figure out how to get enough electricity...
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On Campus: It’s The First Day of School at Kamalani
After months of preparations, and a few set-backs, Kamalani Academy’s doors are finally open. There’s someone directing traffic in the parking lot, while Kamalani Principal Jeff Vilardi is handing out...
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On Campus: The Four “Hales”
It’s a month into the school year, and the honeymoon period at Kamalani Academy has ended. The small staff struggles to instill a sense of belonging among their older students, and rolls out a pilot...
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On Campus: Temperature Check
Teacher retention is a perennial challenge for schools in Hawaii. Only half of new teachers last five years on the job, and the Hawaii Department of Education is now looking at recruiting foreign...
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On Campus: A Teacher’s Journey
Hawaii teacher salaries are the lowest in the nation when adjusted for cost of living, according to a recent analysis by National Public Radio and the education nonprofit EdBuild. State lawmakers...
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Kamalani Academy’s founding vision focused on using Hawaiian culture to create a sense of belonging and improve academic achievement for all students. But teachers have struggled this year with how to...
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On Campus: A Culture of Collaboration
Kamalani Academy founder Kuuipo Laumatia had no previous background in public education when she decided she wanted to start her own school. All she knew was that she wanted a school that would engage...
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On Campus: Here’s What Happens When Kids Do The Podcast
Pomaikai Elementary students practice with recorders and microphones.Cory Lum/Civil Beat What is an arts integrated school exactly? It’s a question Civil Beat reporters started asking last summer, when...
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A Tough First Year Comes To An End For This Innovative Oahu Charter School
On the first day of Kamalani Academy’s inaugural school year, Katie Jackson stood in front of a room full of middle school students dressed in crisp blue T-shirts and tried to prepare them for a year...
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‘Chaos At Kamalani’: Why It’s So Hard To Run A Charter School
Founders of an arts-focused charter school in central Oahu are facing mounting complaints from parents in the midst of rapid teacher turnover and signs of a possible shift away from the school’s...
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