Randall Roth sought public education reform while serving as Governor Lingle’s Director of Policy (2003) and later as co-founder and chairman of the Education Institute of Hawaii (2014-2016). His monograph, Public Education in Hawaii: Past, Present & Future, sparked interest among educators, parents, lawmakers and others following its distribution at the 50th Anniversary of Statehood ceremony in 2009 and Roth’s keynote address at the University of Hawaii College of Education annual endowed lecture series in 2010. In 2016, Roth and Darrell Galera organized and made presentations at Governor Ige’s Education Summit, School Empowerment. Here’s a sampling of Roth’s newspaper commentaries:
- The Fundamental Problem is a Dysfunctional DOE, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sept. 16, 2018 (with Ray Lreureux).
- Make Education Spending Transparent, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 23, 2018 (with John Sosa)
- There Are Many Reasons To Oppose The Proposed ‘Education Tax’, Civil Beat, Sept. 24, 2018 (with Ben Cayetano)
- The Search for a New Superintendent, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 29, 2017
- Public Education in Hawaii: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Honolulu Advertiser, Aug. 16, 2009
- Hawaii’s Schools: A Bureaucratic Maze, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Aug. 19, 2009
- Politics in Hawaii: Is Something Broken?, Honolulu Magazine, Vol. ILII, No. 11, p. 46 (2008)
- A Bright Future for Public Education, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Nov. 15, 2015 (with Roberta Mayor and Darrel Galera),
- New Testing Regime at Public Schools is a Recipe for Disaster, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 8, 2015 (with Darrel Galera, Roberta Mayor, John Sosa and Marsha Alegre)
- Public school leaders must be empowered to achieve success, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 20, 2014 (with Darrel Galera, John Sosa, Penelope Tom, RandiAnn Porras-Tang)
- Dear Gov. Abercrombie: advice for the new governor, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Dec. 6, 2010
- Appointed School Board Would Improve Accountability, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Oct. 4, 2010 (with Catherine Payne)
- Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki, ThinkTechHawaii, August, 2019
Professor Roth and Darrel Galera co-founded the Education Institute of Hawaii (EIH) in 2014. Together they pushed for school empowerment and system-wide financial transparency.