Your Views for November 29  Invest in teachers  We would like to
congratulate the students and teachers of Hawaii who have
achieved national recognition through their performance on the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Those that
truly deserve credit for this accomplishment are the teachers
and students who have worked hard together to improve the
practice of teaching and producing improved student learning.
Standardized tests like the NAEP provide a snapshot in time and
can only indicate a trend over time. We hope that this trend
continues and Hawaii remains one of the leading states in
producing such significant gains.  In the spirit of the upcoming
holidays, let’s celebrate teachers who have led Hawaii’s keiki
to become more proficient in reading, writing and math.  In
order for us to continue to make progress, it is important that
all of us accept and embrace our responsibility in providing the
best education for our keiki. That means we need to provide
teachers and students with the n