Every weekday I’m sharing the top education headlines from around the Web. Today:
Hawaii students transition to online testing, the best educational qualities are often the hardest to quantify and many students are graduating high school without basic conflict resolution skills.

• Hawaii’s public schools are transitioning to online testing this coming school year, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported today.

• The most important educational qualities may be the most difficult to measure, contends Michael K. Stone, a green-schooling movement leader, in a column in Education Week today.

• Students are somehow getting to college without basic negotiating and conflict resolution skills, The New York Times reported today.

• Take a behind-the-headlines look at the case for extending the school year through the summer, compliments of EducationNext.

• Classroom spending in California dropped even as education funding rose, The Associated Press reported today.

Talk story about today’s school news and issues in our ongoing education discussion. To read more education news throughout the day, follow me on Twitter: @ktpoy.