COLORADO
- Douglas County school board members mull ballot questions severing union ties. EdNews Colorado
- Douglas County School District develops district app. 9News
- Mediator sides with Dougco federation in spat over union pay. Denver Post
- Pueblo County voters will be asked to approve $59.5 million bond issue in November. Pueblo Chieftain
- Thompson School District moves closer to a new superintendent. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Loveland Police school resource officers are back to the ‘little cities.’ Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Fort Morgan school board eyes master facilities plan. Fort Morgan Times
- CU-Boulder: Profs have no right to cancel classes over gun-carrying students. Boulder Daily Camera
- Obama to visit Fort Collins, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Coloradoan
NATIONAL
- Obama attacks Romney on student aid. New York Times
- Obama gets personal in attack on Romney education plan. Los Angeles Times
- California parent-trigger effort thrown back into turmoil. Education Week
- D.C. charter schools fight second-class status. Washington Post
OPINION
- Voices: A teacher’s immersion in another country this summer helps her remember what it’s like for her own students learning something new. EdNews Colorado
- Parent blog: Transitions to a new school year sometimes end up being harder for the parents than the kids. EdNews Colorado
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.