At the invitation of State Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto, state legislators and business leaders, Tony has made numerous trips to Hawaii in the last several years. He has conducted day-long conferences on systemic change for teams from every elementary and secondary school in the state and has worked with Complex Area Superintendents on improving instructional leadership, as well as with a team of K-12 principals in South Kona. (See Tony's recent Education Week Commentary, "Rigor on Trial" for a brief description of his work with these principals.) Tony was also invited to address state legislators and was a featured speaker at the 2004 and 2006 Hawaii Executive conference.

Tony and his colleagues at the Change Leadership Group are developing an important leadership demonstration project in Hawaii, to begin in the fall of 2006 and which will continue through 2009.