In terms of education, the author addresses the way in which the education system functions at the basic level to achieve outcomes that are far below the economic needs growth of the state. School children receive a substandard education, for example, which results in poor job prospects and low university admission numbers. At the same time, those students that do graduate with University degrees, do not have work opportunities that offer compensation worthy of their qualifications. This situation is ascribed to a failure of education policies to encourage educators to provide students with the best opportunities to learn well. Moreover, the problem lies in the failure of policymakers to understand the underlying effects of policy changes, which are neither thoroughly discussed nor investigated.

The same is true, according to La Croix of Hawai'i's legal and regulatory framework, which, in many cases, is outdated and not reflective of the current economic...
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