Statewide news from the NOW network
Hawaii education news on this page includes public schools, the Department of Education, the University of Hawaiʻi system and campus life as reported by Maui Now, Big Island Now and Kauaʻi Now. Statewide education decisions often affect every island even when a story is first published by a neighbor-island newsroom. HawaiiNow organizes that coverage in one place and links you back to the original article for full details, names and documents.
Big Island · Education
About 23% of stranded short-finned pilot whales throughout a 13-year time period in the main Hawaiian Islands ingested several pounds of essentially trash — discarded plastic…
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Big Island · Education
Hawaiʻi Community College Assistant Professor of Biology and 2026-27 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award winner Jennifer Sims. (Courtesy Photo: Hawaiʻi Community College) Hawaiʻi…
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Statewide · Education
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa welcomed 2,410 incoming students on Aug. 19 and 20 during the mandatory two-day, in-person fall 2026 new student orientation. The orientation…
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Statewide · Education
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is one of the nation’s best colleges and universities, according to the Princeton Review’s 2027 edition of The Best 392 Colleges guide. The…
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Statewide · Weather
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced it will begin weekly distributions of free meal boxes for children in Kaʻū as communities continue to recover from Hurricane…
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Big Island · Education
Vaccination rates during the 2025-26 school year among kindergartners in Hawaiʻi were lower than compared with the previous year. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Big Island · Education
Pāhoa High and Intermediate School was named a 2026 “School of Distinction” by the Association for Middle Level Education, placing it among 39 schools nationwide recognized this…
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Big Island · Weather
May Doi lived on Maia Street, walking distance to Nāʻālehu Elementary School where she taught young kids for years. On Saturday night, when Hurricane Lala struck, the 93-year-old…
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