Civil Beat Column
2024
Chickens Have Feelings, Too. So Where Does That Leave Cockfighting? 4/2
2023
This Is What It’s Like Training For How To Respond To A School Shooting 11/15
Why I Have A Pride Flag In My Classroom 6/26
New Contract Is A Much-Needed Win For Teachers But There’s More To Be Done 5/1
Teachers Aren’t Burned Out, They’re Being Hung Out To Dry 4/16
High Density Housing May Not Be Popular But The Alternative Is Worse 3/7
Hawaii’s Zoning Laws Are A Self-Inflicted Wound. It’s Hurting Our Housing 1/17
2022
How Parades Can Help Us Reclaim Public Spaces 12/22
We Should Collaborate On A Plan For Public Education In Hawaii 11/16
Hawaii’s Public Schools Are More Innovative Than You Think 10/31
An Adult Tricycle May Seem A Little Goofy Until You Consider The Benefits 10/24
Bad Tourists Aren’t Going To Behave Better Just Because We Ask Them To 9/13
How A High School In California Could Be A Model For Hawaii 9/6
Resisting The Cynicism of Another Election 8/12
A Boxing Club For Troubled Youth Gets New Life In Kalihi 7/28
Kids And Teachers Love Summer Vacation, But Does It Make Sense? 7/1
We Don’t Know How To Talk About Education 5/2
There Are Many Reasons To Get Involved In Your Kid’s School 4/26
Don’t Get Rid Of Your Masks Just Yet 4/11
How Hawaii Can Improve Teacher Effectiveness 3/16
Schools Don’t Cause Societal Tensions But They Can Address Them 2/28
Black History Is Hawaii’s History 2/7
I’m A Teacher And I’m A Babysitter. You’re Welcome 1/27
Hawaii Needs Substitute Teachers To Help With The Pandemic 1/10
2021
Red Hill Should Change The Way We Think About The Military 12/19
If You Want To Improve Schools, Help Parents 11/23
It Will Take A Village To Help Hawaii’s Teachers 10/24
Forget TikTok, Let’s Talk About What Schools Should Be 10/12
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things 9/13
More Money Is Not The Only Way We Can Help Teachers 8/30
Of Course Student-Athletes Should Have To Be Vaccinated 8/9
We Need To Take Wildlife Harassment More Seriously 7/19
Teachers, Don’t Be Shy About Talking To The Media 7/7
There Is No Right Way To Grade Students In A Pandemic 6/13
The Dangers of Hawaii’s Warrior Spirit 5/17
Welcome to Hawaii. Now Pay Up 5/9
The Social Failures Behind the Death of Iremamber Sykap 4/14
The Small Wonders of Knowing Your Home 3/14
The DOE Is Looking In The Wrong Places To Trim The Fat 2/26
The Closure Of Small Private Schools Is A Blow For Education In Hawaii 2/15
Max Holloway And Hawaii’s Brain Drain 1/29
What Hawaii Can Learn From The Trump Years 1/19
2020
How We All Survived A Semester Of Zoom Classes 12/21
The End Of Distance Learning Is Near. Let’s Not Rush What Comes Next 12/4
Turning Outrage Into Action To Help End Homelessness 11/22
Learning To Talk About Politics from Middle School Students 11/15
How Do We Transform Hawaii’s Complicated Relationship With Tourists? 11/3
Why We Should All Mourn the Loss of SURFER Magazine 10/16
It’s Time For Some Kids To Start Learning In Person Again 10/2
COVID-19 Gives Us A Chance To Change How We Teach. Let’s Not Waste It 9/25
Making Sense Of Hawaii’s Lockdowns 9/11
This Troubling Distance Learning Program Tells Us A Lot About the DOE 8/30
Getting The Hang of Distance Learning 8/23
School Leaders Have Tough Decisions To Make. It’s Time To Quit Waffling 8/14
These Social Media Accounts Are Sharing A Dangerous Message 8/7