HSTA offers final round of aid for members who lost homes in Maui fires
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check to any member and any HSTA-Retired member who cannot live in their primary residence on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Maui wildfires.
Joan Husted’s service set for Nov. 19 at Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial
A celebration of life has been set for Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers who worked for the union for 34 years and retired as its executive director. Husted’s celebration of life will be held at the John A. Burns Hall of the Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
After 29 years, HSTA embarks on designing a new logo
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has begun the process of updating its iconic triangular logo, and we want your input on how the next logo should look.
First lady Zooms with HSTA board for second time since Maui fires
For the second time since wildfires struck Maui in early August, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent part of her Saturday on a Zoom call with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors to offer her love and support to educators dealing with the disaster’s aftermath.
130+ high school students attend event encouraging them to become teachers
More than 130 students from seven public high schools interested in teaching and other public education careers gathered Friday at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu for the first-ever Dive Into Education event organized by students to encourage more of their peers to enter classroom professions to address Hawaiʻi’s teacher shortage.
State House Schools Working Group recommends updating campus evacuation plans, monitoring health risks following Maui fires
Emergency evacuation plans for individual public schools are not easily accessible and need to be made available for public feedback, the state House Schools Working Group recommended in a draft report released this week.
HSTA identifies key government relations priorities
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association encourages the community and decision-makers to ensure our public schools receive proper funding and resources to foster positive learning experiences for our students and bolster teaching as a respectable and viable career for educators.
HIDOE settles sex discrimination case with high school female athletes
Hawaiʻi education officials on Friday agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by female athletes at the state’s largest public high school alleging widespread and systemic sex discrimination, as well as retaliation against the girls who raised those concerns, The New York Times reported.
Donate to teachers affected by Maui wildfires
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is compiling a list of teachers affected by the Maui wildfires and sharing their donation pages for those who'd like to help.
Hirono proposes bill to collect better student data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D, Hawaii) Thursday reintroduced the All Students Count Act of 2023, which would require more comprehensive and equitable disaggregation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) student data in K-12 schools, helping to ensure that AANHPI student groups are better accounted for and supported by schools across the country.