Posted on 3:53 pm, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Tags: board of education, state public charter school commission, tom hutton
MEDIA RELEASE The State Public Charter School Commission has presented its annual report to the State Board of Education, the third annual report by the Commission since its creation in 2012 by Act 130. The report, which primarily provides information from the 2013-2014 school year, highlights both successes and ongoing challenges in Hawaii’s charter system. […]
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Posted on 2:50 am, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Tags: department of education, karen street, state public charter school commission, tom hutton
MEDIA RELEASE Monday, July 1, 2013, marked an important milestone for Hawaii’s public charter school movement when all 32 charter schools and the State Public Charter School Commission, the statewide charter school authorizer, completed the execution of the first charter school performance contracts in the state’s history. “The performance contract establishes expectations for the academic, […]
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Posted on 6:07 am, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Tags: hawaii state public charter school commission, karen street, tom hutton
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission has approved a new charter contract with accountability measures for financial and organizational performance for all charter schools in the state. The contract also clarifies the charter schools’ participation in the state’s academic accountability system for all public schools. The commission worked with charter school operators, […]
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Posted on 3:03 am, Thursday, February 7, 2013. Tags: don horner, karen hutton, public charter school commission, tom hutton
MEDIA RELEASE The state Public Charter School Commission has announced the appointment of its executive director, Tom Hutton. Hutton is a national authority on education law and policy and was a co-founder of a noted Washington D.C. charter school, Thurgood Marshall Academy. Hutton has served as in-house counsel for the National School Boards Association and […]
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