During the week of September 22, GEAR UP Hawai‘i celebrates National GEAR UP Week 2014. This week commemorates the continuing success of Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), a college access program funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide students and families the services they need for college success. […]
Leading the way: developing school leaders in Gwinnett County, GA
Last week, I joined a team from the Hawaii Department of Education in Gwinnett County, GA just outside of Atlanta. We were there to see how a best in class school district roughly the same size as ours prepares their future principals for the rigors of school leadership. In fact, just today, Gwinnett was named […]
Hawai‘i P-20 Grant
The Key to Success? Getting More Students To and Through College! A unique statewide partnership is working to strengthen the education pipeline from early childhood through college and graduate study so that all students achieve academic and career success. Called Hawai‘i P-20, the partnership between the Executive Office of Early Learning, the state Department of […]