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What caught my eye: A federal stimulus program that will pay and keep Maui students learning through the summer, a few reflections on successful small schools in New York City and the U.S. Senate opens hearings about the for-profit education industry.

• Maui is preparing to make the most of a federal stimulus program that (from high school through just-graduated from college) to get a hands-on education working at local government and nonprofit agencies during the summer, The Maui News reported today.

• The Washington Post’s Jay Matthews today on yesterday’s news about New York City students performing better in small-school settings.

• Senate hearings in an investigation into the for-profit education sector, Northwestern Education Law Blog reported. For-profit colleges have been under scrutiny lately because their students incur heavy student loan debt.

• Many parents who think competition is healthy for their children feel and are going outside the school systems to get it, an Education Next guest columnist reported.

• The Mayor of Los Angeles and the superintendent of the city’s unified school district are coming to near-blows over with underperforming school campuses, The LA. Times reported today. The mayor wants charter school groups taking them over; the superintendent sees them as a chance to raise standards for existing administrators and faculty at those schools.

• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s education reforms may be good for tomorrow’s kids, but The Hechinger Report looked at some of today’s.

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