The state doesn't have enough teachers to keep up with demand for schools taught in Hawaiian. Upcoming retirements are ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There are a variety of apps you can use to learn languages. And then there’s uTalk, which was co-founded by Dick Howeson from the United Kingdom. He’s a big fan of the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – As technology advances, so do the opportunities we have to also advance. As Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawaiian Language Month, progresses, a free online application known as ...

Kailua High School students Kilinahe Naluai, left, Pahonu Coleman and Kaipo Akioka perform an original composition, “Ke Kahua” (“The Foundation”). >> “Na Ha‘i‘olelo Ho‘o­papa Kulanui o ka Ho‘ohui ...

In Hawaii, enrollment in schools that teach primarily in the Hawaiian language has increased by 68% over the past decade. But students tend to have fewer immersion options in middle ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- For decades, many in Kaneohe have fought to have their own kindergarten through 12th grade kula kaiapuni, or Hawaiian language immersion school. Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Pu'ohala ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More and more, you’re seeing animated messages that promote the Hawaiian language showing up on social media posts and in online chats. They are a distinctly different type ...

“In one generation, olelo Hawaii was nearly erased,” Kainoa Daines, co-author of “Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life” and senior director of the Hawaii Visitors and ...

Feb. 27—A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian Language Month, or Mahina Olelo Hawaii, was introduced by Hawaii's congressional delegation. A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian ...