COLORADO
- Early childhood education is near the top of the list as an effort to engage citizens in planning the state’s future starts focusing on key priorities. EdNews Colorado
- Heated Douglas County school board meetings spark concerns. Our Colorado News
- Tragedies rock Poudre School District communities. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Deadline extended for vacant Thompson school board seat after only one person applies. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- John Corcoran, author of The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read, will speak at Independence Institute in Denver next week. Colorado Classroom
- CU President Bruce Benson gloomy over higher education funding. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (signup required)
NATIONAL
- Annual study finds child education, health improving. Education Week
- In LA, teachers’ attorney says evaluations can include test scores this year. Los Angeles Times
- Chicago Public Schools to hire nearly 500 new teachers so students can have longer school day without extending the work day for teachers. Chicago Tribune
- A judge has blocked New York City’s attempt to shake up the staffs at 24 struggling schools. GothamSchools, Wall Street Journal
- Charter school founder charged with defrauding Philadelphia schools of $6.5 million. Education Week
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.