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The HGEA and the DOE
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Started this discussion. Last reply by dekepalo Jun. 28, 2008.
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- I'm a special education teacher. I blew the whistle on the DOE and they retaliated. I am knowledgeable about legal and professional issues in special education, and about the work culture of the DOE.
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Randy Roth on Hawaii Politics
There's a great commentary by Randy Roth in the current "Honolulu" magazine. Everybody who's thinking about a con-con ought to read it. Professor Roth paints a sobering picture of the secretive monolith that is Hawaii government.
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 12:13pm — 2 Comments
What's Wrong with the DOE
What’s wrong with the DOE is not a lack of funds, bad teachers, the diversity of the students, lack of arts and music, etc. If you correct all those problems, the DOE will still be failing miserably.
What’s wrong with the DOE is a straightforward sociology textbook lesson. It is a “maternalistic organization”:
- it’s run like a social club
- job performance is not supervised
- its work culture revolves around interpersonal relationships in… Continue
Posted on April 25, 2008 at 6:00pm — 11 Comments
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