Osa Tui, Jr.
Osa Tui, Jr. is the President of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA), which represents 13,000 teachers, counselors, and other school personnel of Hawaiʻi’s pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public schools. With Hawaiʻi having a unique statewide school district (unlike other U.S. states with autonomous local school districts), HSTA is the exclusive bargaining representative for all members statewide with a single collective bargaining agreement.
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Equity and inclusion 18 November 2025 Decolonizing education: Restoring and expanding Hawaiian language and cultural education
Osa Tui, Jr.
In Hawaiʻi public schools, teaching using the Hawaiian language was made illegal in 1896 and did not resume until the 1980s, when ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) revitalization efforts led to the creation of Hawaiian-medium preschools in 1984, which were then piloted in two elementary schools in 1987.
Decolonizing education: Restoring and expanding Hawaiian language and cultural education