Education

Hawaiʻi arts organizations are already feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

A group of Maui teachers were detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Several of the teachers are from the Philippines. They had J-1 visas, which allow educators from other countries to teach in the U.S.

Graduation season across Hawaiʻi marks a pivotal moment in students' lives. Here is the graduation schedule for Hawaiʻi high schools and colleges for the class of 2025.

It might seem like the Hawaiian game of ʻulu maika and designing apps have nothing in common. But as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, a Molokaʻi elementary class is incorporating Hawaiian culture and computer science into a project their teacher hopes can become a model for integrative learning.

Hawaiʻi Pacific University is offering a new minor for undergraduate students and a summer short course series to train a workforce to address marine debris. The Conversation spoke to Josh Forakis, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Marine Debris Research at HPU, about the upcoming programs.

In the 2024-2025 school year so far, the department has hired 125 new drivers and has reinstated 125 of the 138 canceled routes. The improvement is partially due to the department's decision to change the qualifications for school bus drivers.

The Conversation's DW Gibson spoke to Brent White, the chief global officer for the University of Hawaiʻi System, about helping international students navigate Trump's recent policy changes for student visas.

Trump calls for mining the sea floor in new executive order; Scientists have discovered a new species of caterpillar in the Waiʻanae Mountains, nicknamed "the bone collector."

More Hawaiʻi families may soon be eligible for free school meals. A bill passed Thursday would allow students who qualify for reduced-priced meals to get them for free starting in July.

King David Kalākaua Middle School students Marliena Domer, Audrey Maderazo, and Shaylene Padron took home first place in the performance category and a ticket to the national competition in Washington, D.C. — but their trip is up in the air, because of deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities.