Every day I’m sharing tasty morsels of what I’ve read in the day’s news. Read and discuss: Gov. Linda Lingle has in her hands a bill that could end next year’s Furlough Fridays, a survey reveals half the children of Hawaii’s education policymakers attend private schools and UH turns its attention to possible tuition increases.

• Gov. Linda Lingle invites input on education bills awaiting her signature, including one that could end Furlough Fridays for next year, KITV reported.

• Half of the children of Hawaii lawmakers attend private schools, KITV reported yesterday. That’s three times the rate of the state’s school-aged population, the report notes. So glad someone did this, because it’s been on our list of story ideas here at Civil Beat.

• The University of Hawaii is considering a tuition increase to help mitigate $107 million in budget cuts and an all-time high enrollment of 58,000 students, reports The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Civil Beat looks at six-year labor contracts for UH professors today, too.

• The University of Hawaii Hilo named Donald Straney as its new chancellor, Pacific Business News reported today. He is leaving his position as dean of the College of Science at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona to begin his UH-Hilo appointment on July 1.

• Jay Matthews of The Washington Post talks about the possibility of improving schools by paying teachers to leave.

• The U.S. Department of Education is considering rules that would cut federal aid to for-profit colleges if the majority of their students don’t make enough to repay their loans, the Associated Press reported.

Talk with us about these and other education issues in our ongoing discussion.