Hawaiian language activist Larry Kimura led the charge in the 1970s in getting Hawaii’s Department of Education to sanction Hawaiian-language immersion schools. The state, however, did not offer any support or curriculum, Kimura said. So they did it on their own — starting with preschool — where kids could absorb the language from the start.

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Hawaiian language activist Larry Kimura led the charge in the 1970s in getting Hawaii’s Department of Education to sanction Hawaiian-language immersion schools. The state, however, did not offer any support or curriculum, Kimura said. So they did it on their own — starting with preschool — where kids could absorb the language from the st