CRDG has continued its commitment to working with the Hawai‘i Departments of Education and Health to monitor health risk behaviors among Hawai‘i’s student population. Known collectively as the Hawai‘i School Health Surveys, the 2005 versions of the Centers for Disease…
Hawai‘i Nutrition Education Needs Assessment
Susan Saka, Morris Lai, and Sandy Shimabukuro led a four-year study on the nutritional habits and height and weight of fourth and tenth graders in Hawai‘i. This study is the third installment in a longitudinal study that has looked at…
Standards-Based Learning
As schools and teachers work to implement the No Child Left Behind act, CRDG’s Program Research and Evaluation (PRE) Section is working behind the scenes to support their efforts. As the TOTAL (Transforming Our Teaching and Learning) professional development package…
United for Learning: The Hawai‘i P–20 Initiative Promotes Life-long Learning
The University of Hawai‘i, the Hawai‘i Department of Education, and the Good Beginnings Alliance have joined to lead a two-year strategic planning project funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Known as the Hawai‘i P–20 initiative, the project will identify…
Leaving No Teacher Behind
The Professional Development for Understanding project, headed by Linda Venenciano of CRDG’s Mathematics Section, is funded with $75,000 from the Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Grants program of the No Child Left Behind act. The project brings together a team…