COLORADO
- University of Colorado regents will consider weighing in on Lobato v. Colorado, the school funding case, at a special Friday meeting. Boulder Daily Camera
- A Loveland principal fights summer brain drain with reading get-togethers in students’ front yards. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- St. Vrain students learn design, engineering at IBM. Longmont Times-Call
- Colorado State University’s online-only campus repays loan a year ahead of schedule. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Rob Stein resigns superintendency of Roaring Fork School District. EdNews Colorado, Aspen Times
- Rock stars – Jeffco alums Big Head Todd and the Monsters – endorse Jeffco tax increases with series of messages. Our Colorado News
NATIONAL
- Korean families chase their dreams to U.S. – and from school to school. NPR
- Education law challenges loom after health-care ruling. Education Week
- Los Angeles school district fights court order to give more space to charter schools. Los Angeles Times
- North Carolina district where students once assigned to schools by socioeconomics begins school year under new controlled choice plan. Education Week
- Teachers, activists boo new Chicago Public Schools’ budget. Chicago Tribune
- Analysis reveals firm’s involvement in Philadelphia school reform. Philadelphia School Notebook
OPINION
- A Denver ed reformer asks whether Dougco’s ed wars – voucher battle, dispute with teachers union – are good for kids. EdNews Colorado
- A Boulder mom blogs about what it took to hook her kids on civic engagement and suggests strategies for your children. EdNews Colorado
- Guest commentary: Jeffco schools and its proposed tax increase. Denver Post
- Are U.S. schools too easy? A critique of the recent report. The Answer Sheet in the Washington Post
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 7:30 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.