Hundreds form chain at University of Hawaii to protest Thirty Meter Telescope

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35. Absolutely

It's been a long struggle to not just start them, run them, and keep them in accordance with the law. Couple months now!

7:46 PM HST Feb 20, 2015

HONOLULU —Hawaiian immersion students are boldly going where no other native language students have gone before. They get to take their assessment tests in Hawaiian. The unprecedented decision came from the Department of Education.

3rd and 4th grade Hawaiian immersion students were granted a one-year waiver by the Department of Education that will allow them to take a field assessment tests in their native Hawaiian language.

"Nowhere in the united states do you have an indigenous language equivalent assessment to the English language tests that are administered throughout the country," says D.O.E. Spokesperson Donalyn Dela Cruz.

Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'O ?nuenue is one school where speaking Hawaiian is the standard. Kihapai Krug has three kids but her 4th grade daughter Lele will be the first to take the field assessment test in the Hawaiian language.

http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii-immersion-students-have-opportunity-to-take-assessments-tests-in-the-hawaiian-language/31394066