Looking to the future and his projected text for seniors, ULS English teacher/ researcher Bill Teter applied for and received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship to study the writings of James Joyce at Connecticut College in New…
Pihana Nā Mamo Builds on Its Success
Since 2000, Pihana Nā Mamo: The Native Hawaiian Special Education Project has been a collaborative effort between CRDG and the Hawai‘i Department of Education. This partnership identified, developed, and implemented effective programs to meet the unique needs of Native Hawaiian…
Ka Wana Series Connects Hawaiian
Traditions to Contemporary Contexts In 2006, two new volumes of the Ka Wana Series were published: Kapu (Gender Roles in Traditional Society) and Welina (Traditional and Contemporary Ways of Welcome and Hospitality). The Ka Wana series, part of the Pihana…
Languages as Part of a Liberal Arts Curriculum
The Second Language Section at the Laboratory School began work on a program to expand the Japanese program into the elementary school. While teaching the language in the early grades, researchers will look at how language learning interacts with early…
Evaluating 21st Century Community Learning Centers
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, as mandated in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, establishes community centers in Hawai‘i schools that provide academic enrichment and other services and activities designed to reinforce and complement regular academic…