Our Hawaiian School system is run as a "Commanding Heights" operation. It is in the upper one third of the states in school spending, and in the lower one third on student testing. The new Republican Gov had a survey run, and look at the results. They need strong Principals with hire/fire authority. Not a chance of getting them.
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Gov. Linda Lingle and the state Department of Education clashed yesterday over a new report that shows that less than half of every dollar spent on public education in Hawai'i gets to the classroom.
......The report found that the state spends $10,422 per student a year, a figure that includes debt service, capital improvements and money from other state agencies. Broken down, 49 cents of each dollar spent reaches the classroom, the researchers concluded.
If only operating expenses are counted, the state spent $8,361 per student in the 2001-2002 school year, according to the report, which placed Hawai'i 15th in the nation in spending among states and the District of Columbia. Private schools in Hawai'i spend about $5,500 per student, the report noted.
The report found that while school enrollment has not changed much over the past 30 years, the number of teachers, principals and staff has grown substantially. The report also contends that while the DOE has 12,982 employees with teaching certificates, only 6,362 are regular classroom teachers........
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