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MEDIA RELEASE A greater number of Hawaii public school students are getting a head start on higher education by earning college credits while in high school and taking advanced placement courses, according to a new College and Career Readiness Indicators report. The report, released by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and the state Department of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Leaders in education and business, and politicians spoke at a news conference Tuesday in an effort to strengthen the state’s workforce through higher education. During the event at Honolulu Community College, Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education (Hawaii P-20), a statewide partnership led by the Executive Office on Early Learning, the Hawaii State Department […]

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MEDIA RELEASE More Hawaii public school students from the Class of 2012 enrolled in college compared to the previous year’s graduates, and they were better prepared for mathematics and English courses, new figures show. The new College and Career Readiness Indicators reports, released by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and the state Department of Education […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gear Up HawaiI, a program under Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, is proud to sponsor with Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Clear Channel Hawaii, the second annual “Take Charge of Your Future Commercial Script Writing Challenge.” “It’s never too early for students to start thinking about one’s future and this contest is designed […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The 2012 Hawaii Career Ready Study, prepared by Storyline Consulting and just released by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, cites the importance of rigorous preparation in school so entry-level employees are “career ready.” More than 120 Hawaii employers hiring in today’s economy participated in the updated study through interviews and a survey that […]

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MEDIA RELEASE More than 5,200 students statewide from the Class of 2015 have committed to earn the Board of Education’s (BOE) Recognition Diploma, announced today by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education. This brings the total to more than 14,200 students from the Classes of 2013, 2014 and 2015 who have pledged for the Step Up […]

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MEDIA RELEASE One hundred forty-five Hawaii students tried their hand at writing a creative commercial script that would encourage their peers to prepare for college and careers in the first-ever “Take Charge of Your Future Commercial Script Writing Challenge,” sponsored by GEAR UP Hawaii, Oceanic Time Warner Cable, and Clear Channel Hawaii. Hawaii public school […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Fifty-three percent of Hawaii’s public high schools’ Class of 2011 enrolled in college for the Fall semester following their commencement, an increase of three percent over the previous years’ graduating class enrollment, according to a new study by the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and the state Department of Education. “The College and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Did you know that by 2018, 65 percent of jobs in Hawaii will require a college degree, according to a 2010 report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce? Yet fewer public school graduates are truly prepared to enter college or start a career. In fact, according to a recent […]

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