by Alia Wong | Apr 10, 2019 | higher education, lifestyle, race, uncategorized
Every year at this time, headlines reveal once again what everyone already knows: America’s top institutions are selective—very. Harvard took a record-low 4.5 percent of the applicants to its 2023 class. Yale accepted 5.9 percent, the same as the...
by Alia Wong | Aug 10, 2016 | uncategorized
When President Jimmy Carter assumed office in 1977, he did something remarkable: He enrolled his 9-year-old daughter, Amy, in a predominantly black Washington, D.C., public school. The move was symbolic, a commitment the Democrat from Georgia had made even before...
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 | Oct 7, 2014 | early childhood education, education, government, uncategorized
The Hawaii State Teachers Association terminated its campaign to discourage voters from approving a constitutional amendment dealing with preschools last week after realizing it risked breaking the law by spending money on a ballot measure through its political action...
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...
