Hawaiʻi’s children and families benefit tremendously from U.S. DOE programs.

Hawaiʻi enrolls over 165,000 students in public schools, including public charter schools, in pre-K through 12th grades. With the start of the 2025-26 school year, there is more than the usual new year jitters roiling Hawaiʻi educators, families, and students.

One cannot escape the news around the current federal administration’s efforts to eliminate the congressionally established U.S. Department of Education, whose workforce is being decimated .

Animosity Against DOE Misdirected

It is baffling the animosity towards the U.S. DOE.

The U.S. DOE’s main objectives , which are laudable, are to 1) help low-income students and students with disabilities, 2) provide need-based aid to low-income postsecondary

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