School program raises DOE concerns - Mountain View Elementry has a school-within-school

BOE testimony 1/8/98 - Request for BOE to establish guidelines and to support the continuation of the Connections School-Within-A-School

Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/17/98 - Threat to close Connections School-Within-A-School

BOE testimony 8/6/98 - Testimony in support of the continuation of Connections School-Within-A-School

Honolulu Star Bulletin 8/21/98 - Mt. View Principal Iwamoto's decision to close Connections overruled by interim state schools superintendent

Tribune-Herald 2/24/99 - Supplies for needy kids bound for Micronesia

Honolulu Advertiser 4/20/00 - Approval of Connections' charter on the agenda

Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/21/00 - Connections becomes first school in state to be chartered under new law

Governor signs charters - Governor Cayetano distributes charters at ceremony for first New Century Public Charter Schools

Honolulu Star Bulletin 8/14/00 - Four new charter schools profiled

Honolulu Star Bulletin 5/1/01 - Controversial bill opposed by charter schools community

Tribune-Herald 5/23/01 - Charter schools feature community feel

Honolulu Advertiser 11/1/01 - Connections Public Charter School moves to new location in Hilo

Tribune-Herald 11/11/01 - Second annual conference of the Hawaii Association of Charter Schools held at Naniloa Hotel in Hilo

Tribune Herald 1/11/02 - BOE members served with lawsuit by Connections Public Charter School

Honolulu Star Bulletin 1/11/02 - Connections sues state officials for failing to provide proper funding to the school

Honolulu Advertiser 1/14/02 - Connections' lawsuit headed for Big Island courtroom

Honolulu Advertiser 2/3/02 - Another charter school, Voyager, files suit against state officials

Tribune-Herald 3/21/02 - March in support of equal funding for charter schools

Honolulu Advertiser 3/29/02 - Auditor allocates additional funds to charter schools

Honolulu Star Bulletin 3/29/02 - Auditor allocates additional funds to charter schools

Honolulu Star Bulletin 3/29/02 - Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura denies motion for summary judgment

Tribune-Herald 4/3/02 - High School program at Connections eliminated for upcoming year due to lack of sufficient state funding

Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/15/02 - Lack of state funds forces Connections to shut down classes for high school students

Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/18/02 - Overlooked federal charter schools funds located

Tribune-Herald 5/9/02 - SB 2512 enrolled to Governor; increased funding for charter schools possible

Tribune-Herald 5/29/02 - High School students launch boat

Tribune-Herald 7/23/02 - No Child Left Behind implications at public schools including charters

Honolulu Star Bulletin 7/28/02 - Price of Paradise series on No Child Left Behind

Tribune-Herald 8/23/02 - Helping Hilo

Tribune-Herald 10/18/02 - No funding for Special Education students at Charter Schools

Honolulu Star Bulletin 10/19/02 - BOE "not used to working with charter schools"

Honolulu Advertiser 11/25/02 - Lack of SPED funding puts charter schools at odds with DOE

Honolulu Advertiser 11/26/02 - Editorial about Special Education and charter schools

Tribune-Herald 11/26/02 - BOE Chairperson Watanabe agrees charter schools should receive SPED funding

Honolulu Star Bulletin 12/3/02 - Charter schools complain about lack of funding for SPED students

News@UH Winter 02 - Can Second-Graders Measure Up?

Tribune-Herald 1/31/03 - Year of the Ram fest at Kalakaua Park

Star Bulletin 4/03/03 - Science projects impress judges

Tribune-Herald 7/11/03 - Astronaut lands in Hilo

Star Bulletin 7/14/03 - Charter school wins state suit

West Hawaii Today 7/15/03 - Charter school wins lawsuit

CARE 8/03/03 - Charter Schools shafted by DOE

Hawaii Island Journal 11/03 - Charter Schools in Hawaii: A New Beginning?

Hawaii Island Journal 11/03 - No School Left Ahead? "No Child Left Behind" Program May Be Leaving Schools in the Lurch

Tribune-Herald 11/21/03 - Charter Schools waiting for exec

Tribune-Herald 8/14/04 - Great show in Hilo providing loads of drama

Tribune-Herald 8/15/04 - World Sprints provide special aloha for all paddlers

Honolulu Advertiser 9/2/04 - Seven named science semifinalists

Honolulu Advertiser 9/3/04 - Charter schools compare well

Star Bulletin 9/3/04 - Charters top public schools on exam

Tribune-Herald 12/10/04 - Star Teachers' aim high

Hawaii Island Journal 12/04 - The Future of downtown Hilo

Honolulu Advertiser 12/30/04 - Pledge to universe starts each day

Tribune-Herald 1/15/05 - Aid concert and Connections students raise money for Tsunami relief

Tribune-Herald 4/12/05 - No test cheaters on the Big Island

Maui News 4/23/05 -Charter school seeks fair funding as students, faculty stage rally

Kauai Garden Isle News 4/23/05 - Kauai charter schools take quest for 'funding equity' to State Building

Honolulu Advertiser 4/22/05 - Charter schools see major growth

Star Bulletin 4/23/05 - Charter school protest budget

Star Bulletin 5/5/05 - Charter schools getting shorted on funding, officials say

Tribune-Herald 6/02/05 - Law helps charter schools

Tribune-Herald 8/28/05 - K12 Inc. has impressive credentials

Tribune-Herald 8/28/05 - State leery of online schools|Charter schools' effort to expand offerings put off

Bloomington Herald-Times 11/18/05 - Students from Hawaii learn from Harmony

Tribune-Herald 1/27/06 - Turtle Power

Tribune-Herald 5/22/06 - Introducing Adam Sanders

Star Bulletin 6/1/06 - The Wormy Way

Island Issues Radio Show 6/18/06 - Radio interview with John Thatcher about education (15MB file in MP3 format)

Tribune-Herald 6/24/06 - Engineers Wanted

Tribune-Herald 8/03/06 - Hilo's newest high school

Tribune-Herald 9/06/06 - State charter school leader fired - BOE says Shon wasn't taking program in right direction

Tribune-Herald 9/06/06 - State charter school leader fired - Big Isle officials shocked

Star Bulletin 9/12/06 - Shon's dismissal causes BOE-charter schools 'rift'

Star Bulletin 9/22/06 - BOE to name charter schools director

Tribune-Herald 9/22/06 - BOE stalls on charter director

Tribune-Herald 10/5/06 - Decision on charter budget is postponed

Tribune-Herald 10/6/06 - Stormy inside and out

Tribune-Herald 10/20/06 - Budget for schools OK

Tribune-Herald 11/15/06 - BOE proposes new rules for director of charter schools

Star Bulletin 11/15/06 - Board minutes show most voted to fire Shon

Honolulu Advertiser 11/15/06- BOE minutes reveal members voted 10-1 not to retain Shon

Tribune-Herald 12/23/06 - School gets connected

Honolulu Advertiser 12/26/06 - Charter school's bold move

Honolulu Advertiser 1/28/07 - Reading aloud helping build better writers

Tribune-Herald 3/30/07 - Lawmakers lectured by charter school reps

East West Center - Three Hawaii High Schoolers Headed for Cambodia

Tribune-Herald 7/13/07 - Machinery in motion

Big Island Weekly 9/05/07 - Powwow

Tribune-Herald 9/20/07 - Charter schools panel struggles to find its way

Star Bulletin 9/21/07 - A new panel peeves the interim chief, who threatens to give her resignation

Tribune-Herald 10/12/07 - Closer to improving Hilo Bay

Tribune-Herald 11/30/07 - Charter school popularity rising

West Hawaii Today 12/11/07 - Federal Funding

Star Bulletin 12/15/07 - Charter schools leader upbeat

Tribune-Herald 1/13/08 - Student art exhibit focuses on peace

Hawaii Public Radio - Interview with John Thatcher and others on charter schools in Hawaii

Tribune-Herald 4/20/08 - Ready for a tsunami?

Honolulu Advertiser 4/23/08 - Charter schools need stable budget formula

Honolulu Advertiser 4/23/08 - Charter schools prove they make a difference

Tribune-Herald 5/08/08 - Charter schools in tight times

Honolulu Advertiser 5/11/08 - Tough decisions for Hawaii schools

Tribune-Herald 6/09/08 - Exercise and eating right will be emphasized

Star Bulletin 9/6/08 - Director of charter schools quits

Tribune-Herald 9/28/08 - DOE cuts blasted by charters

Tribune-Herald 9/29/08 - 'Steamy' Chow recalls Hilo life in new book

Honolulu Advertiser 10/6/08 - Charter schools object to DOE plan to cut $1.9M for coordinators

Star Bulletin 10/6/08 - Crippling cuts await isle charter schools

KHON2 - Broader School Cuts Widen Outcry

East-West Center - Islamic Boarding School Leaders from Indonesia Visit U.S. Schools in East-West Center Exchange Program

Star Bulletin 12/29/08 - Big Isle 'living legend' recalls old Hilo

Honolulu Advertiser 3/2/09 - Charters may get facilities funding

Tribune-Herald 5/11/09 - Connections campus lacks permit

Tribune-Herald 6/4/09 - Law boosts charter schools

Tribune-Herald 7/5/09 - Connections students to China

Tribune-Herald 8/25/09 - Connections charter school plans campus in Kaumana

Tribune-Herald 9/7/10 - Hilo Rotarians make 'Connection'

Tribune-Herald 11/9/10 - Charter school project advances

Star Advertiser 2/4/11 - Charter school director is asked to leave

The Conversation (Hawaii Public Radio) 3/3/11 - John Thatcher talks about the state of charter schools

Honolulu Civil Beat 4/5/11 - 'Makery' Could Encourage Hawaii Entrepreneurship