Kamehameha Schools
The first issue of the Kamehameha Journal of Education was published in January 1990 to share ideas, strategies, and research about the education of Hawaii's children. The Journal grew from 1,000 copies to 3,500 copies per issue over a period of six years. Hana Hou is a collection of articles from all twelve issues that represents the breadth of topics the Journal explored. We saw this journal as a chance to improve education and bring important information, strategies, views, and data to educators. We saw it as a vehicle for change: a chance to inform the education of Hawaii's children through research, successful practice, and curriculum and instruction that was relevant, interesting, and meaningful for students. Most of all, we wanted to make a difference for children. The Journal was more than a record of information or a vehicle for authors who were already writing for national journals. Rather, the editors, coming from a variety of disciplines including education, anthropology, clinical psychology, and the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program (KEEP) were able to identify methods and research that were effective and therefore important. Some of the best pieces were from teachers who had never written an article and who sometimes told us they couldn't. Well, yes, they could and did! It turned out all they needed was encouragement and someone with whom to discuss their theories and ideas. Some even wrote additional articles without any prompting from the editors. Each issue provided a multi-dimensional look at a relevant theme or important educational program. The first three issues described Kamehameha early education programs, but as the Journal gained readers, its topics, authors, and viewpoints broadened. In the case of a controversial topic, such as the Stanford Achievement Test (vol. 5, spring), the viewpoints of a wide range of people—legislators, parents, students, assessment experts, the state superintendent of education, the chair of the board of edu
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