May 2006 Vol. XL No. 11

Contents

FEATURES

Grading the Public Schools

We ranked 259 schools statewide, based on customer satisfaction and student performance.

By Ronna Bolante

Our Schools: Has Anything Changed?    

In May 2001, we published “The Death of Public School,” taking the state Department of Education to task for failing to do its job. It’s been five years—has public education gotten any better?

By Ronna Bolante

A Mid-Century Time Capsule 

A recently discovered treasure trove of vivid Kodachrome slides take us back to the futuristic ’50s, when modernist architecture was all the rage in Hawai‘i.

By Scott Cheever

Calabash       

Flood Cleanup    

A Foodie’s City   

Must … Hold … On   

Up in the Air      

Down on the Seahorse Farm   

Memorial for a Mudslide  

Q&A: UH President David McClain

Hilo Rising               

In 1999, this magazine visited Hilo and found a community in trouble. Now, art dealers hold more sway than drug dealers, and Hilo is building a future to rival its storied past.

By Leslie Lang

Making a Difference          

Positives from Negatives

Project Focus puts cameras in the hands of disadvantaged kids, giving them—and us—a fresh perspective on their lives.

By Katherine Nichols

Food              

Dining            

Greek to Me

Subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed. Subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed subhed.

By John Heckathorn

From Our Files     

HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific—chronicling the Islands since 1888.

By Ronna Bolante

Afterthoughts                   

Game Theory

By Kathryn Drury Wagner