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Reid Ginoza: /* Summary */

2006-03-17T17:12:05Z

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Reid Ginoza at 17:11, 17 March 2006

2006-03-17T17:11:42Z

Jennifer Wada at 09:37, 8 March 2006

2006-03-08T09:37:09Z

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• Of the 5,000 students in those
intermediate/high schools, 33
percent had been absent 20 days
or more a year.
• Of the 20,000 native Hawaiian
youngsters aged 12 to 17, 10
percent were not enrolled in
any school.
• Of the 34,000 native Hawaiian
students in public schools,
approximately 12,900 (35 to 38
percent) were in the lower
stanines (1-3) for SAT reading,
compared with 24 percent for
the State.
• Of the approximately 72,000
native Hawaiians age 25 and
older, 31 percent had not
finished high school (this is
an improvement over the 1970
Census figure of 50.3 percent).
34/
Given these problems, it is not
surprising that "educational needs are
in [the] top priority for programs
according to the Hawaiian population."
35/ The 1976 Alu Like Needs
Assessment Survey sample that voiced
this priority also indicated that
parents have high aspirations for
their children and feel it is
important for them to finish high
school. 36/ These parents also
believed that schools are:
.. .not sensitive to the needs of
children with a culturally
Hawaiian life-style, and that
Hawaiian children are in need of
head-start preparation for the
public schools as a way of integrating
their cultural orientation
with that of the vastly different
orientation in the public
elementary schools they will
attend. 37/
Summary
Formal education in Hawaii, as it
was known in the United States, 38/
began with the arrival of the
missionaries in 1820. The native
Hawaiians enthusiastically embraced
learning to read and write. By the
end of the nineteenth century, the
vast majority of native Hawaiians were
literate (in Hawaiian or English).
During the territorial years,
however, a low attendance rate for
children beyond the compulsory school
age can be seen. This is probably due
to the attitudes of children, and
especially their parents, toward
American education. In contrast, a
1976 Alu Like Needs Assessment survey
indicated that education for their
children was a top priority for native
Hawaiian parents.
Despite these aspirations,
educational problems still exist.
According to the 1970 U.S. Census,
native Hawaiians have the following
characteristics with regard to
education:
• The percentage of native
Hawaiian children between the
ages of 14 and 17 who are
enrolled in school is lower
than that for any other group
in Hawaii (91.6 percent for
females and 90.7 percent for
males, compared to an overall
State figure of 94.8 percent);
• The median number of years of
school completed by native
Hawaiians over 2 5 years of age
was 12.0, compared to a State
median of 12.3;
• Only 49.7 percent of native
Hawaiians over 2 5 have
graduated from high school
(State data show that this
figure was even less in
1977—46.9 percent); and
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 * The median number of years of school completed by native Hawaiians over 2 5 years of age was 12.0, compared to a State median of 12.3;
-* Only 49.7 percent of native Hawaiians over 25 have graduated from high school (State data show that this figure was even less in
+* Only 49.7 percent of native Hawaiians over 25 have graduated from high school (State data show that this figure was even less in 1977—46.9 percent); and
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-• Of the 5,000 students in those
+* Of the 5,000 students in those intermediate/high schools, 33 percent had been absent 20 days or more a year.
 intermediate/high schools, 33
-percent had been absent 20 days
+* Of the 20,000 native Hawaiian youngsters aged 12 to 17, 10 percent were not enrolled in any school.
 or more a year.
-• Of the 20,000 native Hawaiian
+* Of the 34,000 native Hawaiian students in public schools, approximately 12,900 (35 to 38 percent) were in the lower stanines (1-3) for SAT reading, compared with 24 percent for the State.
 youngsters aged 12 to 17, 10
-percent were not enrolled in
+* Of the approximately 72,000 native Hawaiians age 25 and older, 31 percent had not finished high school (this is an improvement over the 1970 Census figure of 50.3 percent). <u>34</u>/
 any school.
 Given these problems, it is not
 surprising that "educational needs are
 in [the] top priority for programs
 according to the Hawaiian population."
-/ The 1976 Alu Like Needs
+<u>35</u>/ The 1976 Alu Like Needs
 Assessment Survey sample that voiced
 this priority also indicated that
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 school. 36/ These parents also
 believed that schools are:
 .. .not sensitive to the needs of
-children with a culturally
+: . . . not sensitive to the needs of children with a culturally Hawaiian life-style, and that Hawaiian children are in need of head-start preparation for the public schools as a way of integrating their cultural orientation with that of the vastly different orientation in the public elementary schools they will attend. <u>37</u>/
 Hawaiian life-style, and that
-Hawaiian children are in need of
+===Summary===
 head-start preparation for the
 Formal education in Hawaii, as it
-was known in the United States, 38/
+was known in the United States, <u>38</u>/
 began with the arrival of the
 missionaries in 1820. The native
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 vast majority of native Hawaiians were
 literate (in Hawaiian or English).
 During the territorial years,
 however, a low attendance rate for
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 children was a top priority for native
 Hawaiian parents.
 Despite these aspirations,
 educational problems still exist.
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 characteristics with regard to
 education:
-• The percentage of native
-Hawaiian children between the
+* The percentage of native Hawaiian children between the ages of 14 and 17 who are enrolled in school is lower than that for any other group in Hawaii (91.6 percent for females and 90.7 percent for males, compared to an overall State figure of 94.8 percent);
 ages of 14 and 17 who are
-enrolled in school is lower
+* The median number of years of school completed by native Hawaiians over 2 5 years of age was 12.0, compared to a State median of 12.3;
 than that for any other group
-in Hawaii (91.6 percent for
+* Only 49.7 percent of native Hawaiians over 25 have graduated from high school (State data show that this figure was even less in
 —46.9 percent); and
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