Community Town Hall Meeting and HSTA WIS Lunch Meeting Thank You, 8-24-2016

Thank you to the teachers, parents, administrators, and students who attended the COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Waiakea High School cafeteria! The Waiakea community provided input on Governor Ige's blueprint for public education in Hawaii. 

Thank you to our Titan colleagues who met and spoke with Corey Rosenlee (HSTA President), Dawn Raymond (Hilo Chapter President), and Rae Yamanaka (UniServ Director) today during lunch recess at WIS. You shared your valuable time and they really appreciated hearing from you. Together, we can speak up, be heard, listen, express ourselves, and make a difference.

The ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is the new federal law that replaced No Child Left Behind.

ESSA-- the EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT 

• States have the freedom to choose their own standards for their students.
• States have an opportunity to use alternative assessments (instead of standardized tests, project-based learning can be the measure of success).
• States can select an indicator by which their school can be evaluated.
• States may choose how to define "a good teacher."
• States may apply for grants that will enable schools to offer all kinds of services to students and their communities (known as "wrap around services").

For more information, go to Gov. Ige's website: http://governor.hawaii.gov/essa-team/