Education Week's Quality Counts Report: Hawaii Schools Receive C-plus

Today's Honolulu Star Advertiser features news of a report published by Education Week. The Quality Counts Report focuses on the quality of public education across the country:

Hawaii schools got a C-plus in an annual report that grades the quality of the nation's public education systems, coming in slightly higher than the national average but lower than 19 other states.

Hawaii improved a bit from last year, when the state got a C.

The rankings are included in Education Week's annual "Quality Counts" report, released yesterday, which looks at school standards, student achievement, the finances of school districts and other factors to determine the strength of a state's education system.

Click here for the full-text of the Star Advertiser article. Go to this link and download the Quality Counts Report (PDF format).