COLORADO
- State Board of Education sides with Pueblo charter on expansion, with a look at how the state board has ruled on charter appeals – siding with school district or charter – over the past two years. EdNews Colorado
- Briefs: Colorado’s graduate numbers inch up, state unveils campaign to attract more foreign students to its colleges and universities. EdNews Colorado
- Colorado to foreign college students: we want you. Denver Post, 9News
- CU programs looks to bolster K-12 Chinese language classes in Colorado. Boulder Daily Camera
- CU, other university leaders say reforms would prevent Sandusky-like scandal. Boulder Daily Camera
- Poll shows wide support for sales tax for Aspen schools. Aspen Times, Aspen Daily News
- Thompson school board members take steps to find new superintendent, agreeing on salary and benefits package. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Teen texting takes educational turn with Go Ask TARA – Teen Advice Reproductive Answers. Pueblo Chieftain
- Colorado housing issues sap taxes as school obligation grows. Bloomberg News
- From earlier this week: Colorado classroom cuts continue. Colorado Public Radio
NATIONAL
- Dwight Jones championed Colorado’s Race to the Top bid as the state’s education commissioner but his new district doesn’t think R2T is worth the effort. Las Vegas Sun
- States granted waivers under No Child Left Behind will still have to meet data reporting requirements. Education Week
- Next up in teacher evaluations: student surveys. Education Week
- Teachers unions give broadly – a five-year scan of contributions by the NEA and AFT. Wall Street Journal
- The debate over year-round vs. traditional school calendars continues. Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
- A new report disputes touted claims of growth in recent years for New York City students. GothamSchools
- Right to read lawsuit filed against Detroit-area district by ACLU of Michigan, which compares conditions to segregation in the Deep South of years past. Detroit News
- Dallas Superintendent Mike Miles’ interesting take on state education funding. Dallas Morning News
- In case you didn’t get enough yesterday: Penn State did nothing to stop Sandusky, report says. NPR, New York Times
OPINION
- Bill Gates in Atlanta – Don’t rush teacher evaluations, get it right. Get Schooled blog in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Louisiana voucher scheme fails to attract many students. The Answer Sheet in 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.