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Direct linkNina Buchanan; Paul E. Peterson – Education Next, 2024
Many public charter schools in the state of Hawaii are explicitly religious. For more than two decades, students at Hawaiian-focused schools have offered chants and prayers to the pantheon of gods who rule over skies, seas, and earth, including to the volcanic god, Pelehonuamea ("she who shapes the sacred land"), popularly known as Madam…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Religious Factors, State Church Separation, Political Influences
Download full textBest, Jane; Dunlap, Allison – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2012
This brief provides an overview of three federal laws that address native-language education and illustrates how these federal laws produce different results when coupled with state laws and other regional circumstances. For the purposes of this brief, native-language education refers to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Public Policy
Schonleber, Nanette S. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate why the Montessori approach has been viewed as a culturally congruent educational model by some Hawaiian language immersion and culture-based (HLIC) educators and how aspects of it have been used in HLIC classrooms. Data collection included semi-structured interviews and focus group…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, World Views, Immersion Programs, Hawaiians
Luning, Rebecca J. I.; Yamauchi, Lois A. – Heritage Language Journal, 2010
Papahana Kaiapuni is a K-12 public school program in which the Hawaiian language is the medium of instruction. In 1987, parents and language activists started the program in response to the dwindling number of speakers that resulted from a nearly century-long ban on the indigenous language. This study examined how participation in this indigenous…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, School Activities, Immersion Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders from the Office of Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education. This issue contains the following articles: (1) President Seeks to Build on Law's Results; (2) Bridging the Gap: Ohio Charter School Surmounts Age, Achievement Barriers; (3) Spellings'…
Descriptors: Low Income, Low Income Groups, Charter Schools, Federal Legislation
Yamauchi, Lois A.; Lau-Smith, Jo-Anne; Luning, Rebecca J. I. – School Community Journal, 2008
This study investigated the ways in which family members of students in a Hawaiian language immersion program were involved in their children's education and identified the effects of and barriers to involvement. A sociocultural theoretical approach and Epstein's framework of different types of involvement were applied. Participants included 35…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Malayo Polynesian Languages
