Japan Special Collection: Hawaii Japanese Language School Textbook Collection: Hawai Kyoikukai

November 1912: Maui-to Kyoikukai discussed uniting all the major Japanese educational associations in Hawaii.

May 1914: Maui-to Kyoikukai sent out the invitations to Honolulu Kyoikukai (ホノルル教育会), Oahu Kyoikukai, Kauai Kyoikukai, Hawai-to Kyoikukai, Hawai-to Kyoiku Kenkyukai, Kau Kyoikukai and Kona Kyoikukai. All the educational associations agreed to the proposal.

July 1914: The representatives of each educational association gathered at Hawai Chuo Gakuin (布哇中央学院) in Honolulu

February 1916: The inaugural ceremony of “Hawai Kyoikukai” was held. It was decided that Honolulu Kyoikukaiwould be in charge of compiling textbooks. 

1920s: Enactments of Gaikokugo Gakko Torishimari-ho (Foreign Language School Prohibition Law) in 1920 (For additional information please refer to links), and Gakunen Tanshuku Kitei (School-year Reduction Law) in 1922, divided the Japanese language schools into those who wished to contest the law and those who did not. Hawai Kyoikukai lost its function and was in danger of dissolving.

1927: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Gaikokugo Gakko Torishimari-ho as unconstitutional and Hawai Kyoikukai started to function again. Honolulu Kyoikukai transferred the copyright of the textbooks to Hawaii Kyoikukai.