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==Education and research== ===Colleges and universities=== {{See also |List of colleges and universities in Hawaii }} Colleges and universities in Honolulu include [[Honolulu Community College]], [[Kapiolani Community College]], the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]], [[Chaminade University of Honolulu|Chaminade University]], and [[Hawaii Pacific University]].<ref name="CDPMap"/> University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa houses the main offices of the [[University of Hawaiʻi System]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/07/02/story4.html | last=Magin | first=Janis L. | title=Land deals could breathe new life into Moili'ili. | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> ===Research institutions=== [[File:Downtown, Honolulu, HI, USA - panoramio (8).jpg|thumb|Pacific Forum, one of the world's leading Asia-Pacific policy research institutes, is on Bishop Street.]] Honolulu is home to three renowned international affairs research institutions. The [[Pacific Forum CSIS|Pacific Forum]], one of the world's leading Asia-Pacific policy research institutes and one of the first U.S. organizations to focus exclusively on Asia, has its main office on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. The [[East–West Center]] (EWC), an education and research organization established by Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the U.S., is headquartered in [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Mānoa]], Honolulu. The [[Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies]] (APCSS), a [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] institute, is based in [[Waikiki]], Honolulu. [[Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|APCSS]] addresses regional and global security issues and supports the [[United States Pacific Command|U.S. Pacific Command]] by developing and sustaining relationships among security practitioners and national security establishments throughout the region. ===Public primary and secondary schools=== [[File:Queen-Liliuokalani-building.JPG|thumb|Queen Liliuokalani Building, Hawaii Department of Education headquarters in Honolulu CDP]] [[Hawaii State Department of Education|Hawaii Department of Education]] operates Honolulu's public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st15_hi/schooldistrict_maps/c15003_honolulu/DC20SD_C15003.pdf|title=2020 census - school district reference map: Honolulu County, HI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-07-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st15_hi/schooldistrict_maps/c15003_honolulu/DC20SD_C15003_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Public high schools in the CDP area include [[Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School|Wallace Rider Farrington]], [[Henry J. Kaiser High School (Hawaii)|Kaiser]], [[Kaimuki High School|Kaimuki]], [[Kalani High School|Kalani]], [[Moanalua High School|Moanalua]], [[President William McKinley High School|William McKinley]], and [[President Theodore Roosevelt High School|Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref name="CDPMap"/> It also includes the [[Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind]], the statewide school for blind and deaf children. There is a charter school, [[University Laboratory School]]. ===Private primary and secondary schools=== {{As of|2014}} almost 38% of K-12 students in the Honolulu area attend private schools.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Alia|url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2014/03/living-hawaii-many-families-sacrifice-to-put-kids-in-private-schools/|title=Living Hawaii: Many Families Sacrifice to Put Kids in Private Schools|work=[[Honolulu Civil Beat]]|date=March 17, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref> Private schools include<!-- alphabetical order --> [[Academy of the Pacific]], [[Damien Memorial School]], [[Hawaii Baptist Academy]], [[{{okina}}Iolani School]], [[Lutheran High School of Hawaii]], [[Kamehameha Schools]], [[Maryknoll School]], [[Mid-Pacific Institute]], [[La Pietra]], [[Punahou School]], [[Sacred Hearts Academy]], [[St. Andrew's Priory School]], [[Saint Francis School (Hawaii)|Saint Francis School]], [[Saint Louis School]], the [[Education Laboratory School]], Saint Patrick School, Trinity Christian School, and [[Varsity International School]]. Hawaii has one of the nation's highest rate of private school attendance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/33359194/despite-tuition-increases-private-school-enrollment-remains-steady|title=Despite tuition increases, private school enrollment remains steady|work=Hawaii Nes Now}}</ref> ===Public libraries=== [[File:HawaiiStateLibrary.JPG|thumb|[[Hawaii State Library]]]] [[Hawaii State Public Library System]] operates public libraries. The [[Hawaii State Library]] in the CDP serves as the system's main library,<ref name="Hawaii State Library">{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default/rw$003d0$0026rm$003dHAWAII$002bSTATE$002bL0$00257C$00257C$00257C1$00257C$00257C$00257C0$00257C$00257C$00257Ctrue$0026pv$003d-1$0026ic$003dfalse$0026dt$003dlist$0026sm$003dfalse$0026 |title=Hawaii State Library |publisher=[[Hawaii State Public Library System]] |access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> while the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, also in the CDP area, serves handicapped and blind people.<ref name="Library for Blind + Physically Handicapped">{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default/rw$003d0$0026rm$003dLIBRARY$002bFOR$002bTH0$00257C$00257C$00257C1$00257C$00257C$00257C0$00257C$00257C$00257Ctrue$0026pv$003d-1$0026ic$003dfalse$0026dt$003dlist$0026sm$003dfalse$0026 |title=Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped |publisher=[[Hawaii State Public Library System]] |access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> Branches in the CDP area include Aiea, Aina Haina, Ewa Beach, Hawaiʻi Kai, Kahuku, Kailua, Kaimuki, Kalihi-Palama, Kaneohe, Kapolei, Liliha, Mānoa, McCully-Moiliili, Mililani, Moanalua, Wahiawa, Waialua, Waianae, Waikiki-Kapahulu, Waimanalo, and Waipahu.<ref name="Library BRANCHES">{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default/rw$003d0$0026rm$003dBRANCHES0$00257C$00257C$00257C1$00257C$00257C$00257C1$00257C$00257C$00257Ctrue$0026pv$003d-1$0026ic$003dfalse$0026dt$003dlist$0026sm$003dfalse$0026 |title=Library Branches |publisher=[[Hawaii State Public Library System]] |location=Honolulu, HI, US |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> ===Weekend educational programs=== The Hawaiʻi Japanese School – Rainbow Gakuen (ハワイレインボー学園 ''Hawai Reinbō Gakuen''), a [[Hoshū jugyō kō|supplementary weekend Japanese school]], holds its classes in Kaimuki Middle School in Honolulu and has its offices in another building in Honolulu.<ref>"[http://www.hjschl.org/ Home page]." Hawaii Japanese School – Rainbow Gakuen. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "事務所住所: 2454 South Beretania St., #202 Honolulu, HI 96826" and "授業実施校: Kaimuki Middle School"</ref> The school serves overseas Japanese nationals.<ref>"[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Nov/03/br/br2601358479.html Government of Japan to honor 3 from Hawaii today]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150415213002/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Nov/03/br/br2601358479.html Archive]). ''[[Honolulu Advertiser]]''. November 3, 2007. Retrieved on April 16, 2015.</ref> Honolulu has other weekend programs for the Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish languages.<ref>Randolph, April. "[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Mar/19/il/hawaii803190354.html Tot talk goes global]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150415224602/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Mar/19/il/hawaii803190354.html Archive]). ''[[Honolulu Advertiser]]''. March 19, 2008. Retrieved on April 16, 2015.</ref>
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