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Every day I’m posting a sample of what I’m reading in the news. Highlights today: The Honolulu Star-Bulletin advocates for post-high school alternatives to college, union negotiators help reverse the firing of an entire staff at a New York high school and gubernatorial candidate James “Duke” Aiona tells state Republicans that government accountability ought to be a means to improving education.

• Students to pursue alternative post-high school options like two-year degrees and high school vocational/career preparation courses that fall under a new classification: “techademics,” a Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial argues.

• An entire school staff of 92 that was fired as part of a school reform in New York was as a result of union and board compromises, the New York Times reports.

• Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona focused on the necessity of a balanced and accountable government if we are to improve education in his remarks at the state GOP convention last weekend. The Hawaii Reporter published of his speech.

• The Texas State Board of Education is accused of trying to micromanage public schools with its proposed , the Dallas Morning News reported today.

• Josh Barro of the National Review reports on how New Jersey teachers a one-year wage freeze to accommodate the state’s budget shortfalls.

• Mark Niesse of the Associated Press the infamous year of Furlough Fridays in Hawaii.

Talk about these and other school-related issues in our ongoing Civil Beat education discussion.