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Alia Wong

Alia Wong is an award-winning reporter based in Washington, D.C., who covers education, families, race, gender, and other social issues.

Nāoli Weller, a nursery school teacher at Nāwahī, leads her class in traditional songs. In the room hang signs that help pupils master the Hawaiian language.

The Inspiring Quest to Revive the Hawaiian Language

A determined couple and their children are sparking the renewal of a long-suppressed part of their ancestors’ culture