COLORADO
- Reconnecting Youth program boosts troubled teens. EdNews Colorado
- Sexual health campaign invites uncomfortable conversations. EdNews Colorado
- TABOR has decimated education, critics say. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Refugees enrich Greeley theater program. Denver Post
- Work begins on solar “gardens” at Pueblo 70 schools. KOAA
- Profiling northern Colorado charters. Greeley Tribune
- Mesa 51 students like the idea of online tests. KREX
- Head Start brings life to old Alamosa school. Valley Courier
- Regent candidate Gallegos profiled. Vail Daily
NATIONAL
- Sandy closes thousands of schools in Northeast. Gotham Schools, Education Week
- R2T district deadline extended because of storm. Education Week
- Storm forces colleges to change application deadline. Washington Post
- Some colleges reconsidering need-blind admissions. Inside Higher Education
- Which state has the best public schools? The Answer Sheet/Washington Post
- LA schools fail to get union backing for R2T application. Los Angeles Times
- Study: Improved discipline could improve achievement. Texas Tribune
OPINION
- Voices: Building a safe school climate. EdNews Colorado
- Parent blog: Helping kids cope with uncertainty. EdNews Colorado
- Editorial: Ludwig for CU regent, Schroeder for SBE. Boulder Daily Camera
- Column: Obama beholden to teachers’ unions. Colorado Statesman
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.