by Alia Wong | Dec 9, 2019 | education, hawaii, k-12 education, language & culture, politics, public schools, race
Solomon Enos The orphan was surveying the sea from atop a lava-rock shrine when he saw them—omens that looked just as his uncle, a kahuna, had foretold. There was a flock of airborne stingrays amid a series of towers, all hovering over a forest floating...
by Alia Wong | Jan 14, 2018 | "living hawaii", hawaii, miscellaneous, oahu, politics
Why would my 22-year-old brother be calling so early on a Saturday morning? I’d ignored the first call. But the second time the phone rang, I picked it up. He was panicking, his voice trembling uncharacteristically: He’d just received the emergency alert warning of a...
by Alia Wong | Oct 27, 2014 | hawaii, language & culture, lifestyle, uncategorized
Read the original story: On a Sunday afternoon in early October, more than 700 people gathered at New Hope Leeward’s new Kapolei site — a dimmed, air-conditioned conference hall with rows of green banquet chairs, glowing television screens and an elevated stage bathed...
by Alia Wong | Oct 8, 2014 | charter schools, education, hawaii, k-12 education, neighbor islands, uncategorized
As lava from the Kilauea Volcano continues its approach toward Pahoa, schools in the rural community are preparing for the worst. For two public Department of Education and charter schools, that could mean total devastation. The latest volcanic activity started in...
by Alia Wong | Sep 30, 2014 | education, government, hawaii, public schools, uncategorized
Hawaii is the only state that isn’t broken up by multiple school districts. That means Hawaii — whose population of roughly 1.4 million people makes it the 11th smallest state — actually encompasses one of the largest school districts in the country. The ninth...
by Alia Wong | Aug 10, 2014 | government, hawaii, miscellaneous, uncategorized
Earlier this week, Tropical Storm Iselle threatened to deter Hawaii voters from going to the polls Saturday and potentially disrupt the state’s primary election. The storm hardly hit the islands as intensely as some feared. But the better weather didn’t come with...
