Hawaiian Schooling

“The Public Schools and the Public Mood” (February) was particularly informative and relevant to our efforts to restructure our public education system—from site-based management and shared decision making to being the first state in the nation to address the latchkey-child problem by establishing low-cost after-school programs in every elementary school.

While we are approaching educational reform with an eye toward the future, the article helps us gain a valuable historical perspective.