COLORADO
- No more “turnaround” labels for Westminster schools as students return to class today in the Adams County district. EdNews Colorado, Denver Post
- New teachers union president – Kerrie Dallman of the Colorado Education Association – looks to take ownership of reform. Denver Post
- Denver’s Noel Community Arts School hires 28 teaching fellows. Denver Post’s Your Hub
- Douglas County Outdoor Education Center set to open Monday. 9News
- Protesters picket Douglas County School District headquarters. Our Colorado News
- Douglas County school board considers ballot questions but says it retains authority. Our Colorado News
- Douglas County teachers union doubts district’s claims about staff bonuses. Our Colorado News
- Boulder schools urge dropouts to text to connect. Boulder Daily Camera
- A businessman wants to put iPads in the hands of every K-12 student in El Paso County. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Youngsters quickly take to iPads in classrooms. Colorado Springs Gazette
- St. Vrain ACT scores slightly lower than last year’s. Longmont Times-Call
- Longmont high school’s “zombie band” featured on reality TV show. Longmont Times-Call
- Hundreds of Pueblo students receive free school supplies. Pueblo Chieftain
- Falcon School District 49 administrator named interim chief education officer. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Aspen schools play hardball with residency requirements. Aspen Times
- Colorado’s public colleges brace for loss of state support. Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required)
- CSU weapons policy unchanged amid controversy at CU. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- CU-Boulder chancellor welcomes freshmen to family of scholars. Boulder Daily Camera
- Art Institute of Colorado lays off 21 workers, parent corp cuts hundreds. Denver Post
NATIONAL
- School districts, including Denver, try new approaches in teaching English language learners. Wall Street Journal
- Which 2012 candidates make the grade? AFT president Randi Weingarten fact-checks the Obama and Romney campaigns. MSNBC
- Washington, D.C., using videos of great teachers to show others how it’s done. New York Times
- New Dallas schools’ superintendent Mike Miles, formerly of Colorado, dances his way into the new school year. Dallas Morning News
OPINION
- Voices: Defending Dougco’s reform efforts – a Douglas County mom takes issue with recent criticisms of district leaders. EdNews Colorado
- Parent blog: A Denver mom faced with choosing a school for her child for the first time asks, What’s important in a school? EdNews Colorado
- Guest commentary: A shared vision in Douglas County schools by Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia. Denver Post
- Guest commentary: Blueprints for teacher evaluations by a teacher in Harrison School District 2 in the Colorado Springs area. Denver Post
- Column: Lowering state test standards leads students to lower theirs. Virginian Pilot
- Column: Starving the future – America’s lack of investment in education compared to China and India. New York Times
Rise & Shine
Each weekday morning, we search websites of various media, comb through RSS feeds and peruse Google alerts to bring you a roundup of the day’s top education headlines, in Colorado and across the country, by 8 a.m. If you’d like to suggest a story we’ve missed or a source we should add to the list, please email us at ednews@ednewscolorado.org.