To Stay or To Leave?

That is the Question

By Geoff Goodman* The question I keep penduluming on: Do you stay on a currently-COVID-19-free island in a tiny developing country or return to the US? It’s April 2020 in Majuro and packs of kids are running through all the houses in the neighborhood, jumping in people’s arms, grabbing snacks and getting kid-things everywhere. They Read More

A Special Delivery

The Mystery of the Missing School Furniture and Books What started as a regular shipment of donated school supplies from New Zealand to the Marshall Islands turned into a delightful, unexpected outcome. Over the last few weeks, humanitarian missionaries Craig and Nancy Preston have been working with Furniture for Schools Charitable Trust (FFS), LDS Charities Read More

Schools in the Marshalls

The Ministry of Education is the umbrella for the RMI Public Schools System (PSS). In October, 2017, long-time Education employee Kanchi Hosia was made the Commissioner for PSS with a two-year contract. The PSS has a website (see link below), but overall unearthing information about the school system in the Marshall Islands can prove to Read More

Education Statistics

The following education statistics are from the 2011 census: * The level of educational attainment of Marshallese people is still not good as 28.6 percent of people aged 25 or older started high school, but did not complete it. * Only 80 percent of children aged from five to nine are enrolled in school; 92 Read More

Majuro Cooperative School

Majuro Cooperative School is a private, secular school educating students in grades pre-K through 12th. The school’s campus is located on the southeast corner of Majuro. The school was founded in 1975 by a small group of concerned parents who wanted to provide their children with a quality education. The school, which is almost always called Co-op, Read More