Education briefs
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India studies program wins grant
An East-West Center project has won an $180,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer college teachers a five-week institute to study the relationship of religion and politics in contemporary India.
The grant was awarded to project director Peter Hershock and is one of 132 grants totaling $15.2 million announced this week by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Kailua Elementary preschool opening
The state will open its fourth Pre-Plus preschool facility during ceremonies at Kailua Elementary School today.
The state plans to open 13 such facilities in selected communities with needy children and without a sufficient number of preschools. The state provides the Pre-Plus buildings rent-free to licensed and accredited private childcare providers.
Other Pre-Plus locations are at Wahiawa, Ka'ala and Salt Lake elementary schools.
Science project reaches semifinals
Robert Teruo Zane, a sixth-grader at Mid-Pacific Institute, has been named a semifinalist in the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge.
Zane's project, "The Amazing Healing Kukui Nut," was selected as one of 400 national semifinalists. The field will be reduced to 40 finalists at a special event in Washington, D.C., in September.
Workshops planned by dyslexia group
The Hawai'i branch of the International Dyslexia Association will host a special workshop on O'ahu and the Big Island for Hawai'i parents and educators.
Guest speaker Joan Sedita, an author and a lead trainer for the Massachusetts Reading First Program, will lead study skills discussions on main idea, note taking and summarizing.
The first of two workshops will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Punahou School's Luke Lecture Hall. The workshop is free to HIDA members, $15 for others. Punahou School is at 1601 Punahou St.
The other workshop will be held at the Hilo High School library from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
On-site registration fee is $25 for HIDA members, $30 for nonmembers.
