COLORADO
- School funding picture could darken quickly. EdNews Colorado
- Springs Catholic high school adopts mandatory drug testing. The Gazette
- St. Vrain enrollment, grad rates up. Longmont Times-Call
- Work starts on Alamosa H.S. bond project. Valley Courier
- Pot-laced brownie shows up at Springs school. The Gazette
NATIONAL
- Study: Absences translate to lower test scores. EdWeek
- NCTQ study critical of teacher pension systems. Wall Street Journal (registration)
- Wyoming legislature panel moves to strip some powers from state ed department. Casper Star Tribune
- Tony Bennett, ousted Indiana ed chief, picked as Florida commissioner. Orlando Sentinel
- Improving economy may not help school funding. Huffington Post
- Kansas education board encourages cursive writing. KMUW
- Complete College America steps up calls for remedial ed reform. Inside Higher Education
- Is DOE focus on English language learners waning? EdWeek
OPINION
- Voices: Why class size matters. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: What’s Florida’s real reform record? Washington Post/Answer Sheet
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.