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Direct linkZuercher, Deborah K.; Yoshioka, Jon; Deering, Paul D.; Martin, Katie; Curry, Kezia; O'Neill, Tara; Apisa, Sheila W. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2012
Since 1979, the American Samoa Department of Education and the University of Hawai'i have partnered to provide education and training for American Samoan teachers. Beginning in 2009, these efforts have focused on teachers in the middle grades. This article describes the context, program structure, and implementation of a graduate degree program in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Samoan Americans, Distance Education, Malayo Polynesian Languages
Deering, Paul D.; Zuercher, Deborah; Apisa, Sheila A. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
The National Middle School Association (NMSA) has long offered excellent guidance on the education of young adolescents in the "This We Believe" series, and by extension, for the education of educators of young adolescents. With many districts facing shortages of qualified teachers, having difficulty retaining those they have, and with an…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Adolescents, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Persistence
Deering, Paul D. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
This article discusses the different problems of public school systems in Hawaii. Hawaii's schools face many challenges. They have one of the highest rates of private school attendance, in the U.S. at about 33%, while schools in the single, state-wide public school district, the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE), are seriously under-funded.…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Multilingualism, Early Adolescents, Private Schools
