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Every day I share top education stories to help generate ideas and conversation about local education issues. Read today about how Colorado’s push for teacher compensation based on student success could go gangbusters nationwide, Hawaii schools adopted a national curriculum standard and why a $23 billion federal bailout for teachers could be financially savvy.

• The Hechinger Report today explores how a Colorado bill linking teacher tenure and pay with student achievement a national movement.

• Hawaii schools will national shared by 47 other states, two territories and D.C., The Honolulu Advertiser reported today.

• Christina D. Romer, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, wrote a column in The Washington Post today about Congress’ $23 billion in proposed relief funds teachers, and why it could make to approve the bailout money despite the national budget deficit.

• A bill proposing $23 billion in federal funds to save about 300,000 teacher jobs nationwide in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, Education Week reported.

• The One Laptop Per Child project is launching a new tablet that costs about $75, but that tablets aren’t necessarily ideal for the classroom — because while good for content consumption, they are not good for the content creation we want our students doing.

• A school consolidation task force commissioned by the Hawaii Department of Education has closing the century-old Kaaawa Elementary School, blogger Ian Lind reported today.

• The New York Assembly voted this week to of charter schools, in hopes of boosting the state’s chances at receiving federal funds. Thursday, we reported about how Gov. Linda Lingle signed into Hawaii law a similar bill for similar reasons.

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