COLORADO
- Aurora schools outline response to theater shooting. EdNews Colorado, Denver Post
- Podcast: Meet the teacher who couldn’t read. EdNews Colorado
- Colorado College, Air Force Academy make top 35 of Forbes list. Colorado Springs Gazette, Forbes list
- St. Vrain Valley school board likely to ask voters for $14.8 million increase in operating dollars. Longmont Times-Call
- Thompson school district will get 10 new principals. Loveland Reporter-Herald
NATIONAL
- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie touts tenure reform, charter schools on first day of Colorado trip. New Jersey Star-Ledger
- New rating system will put more D.C. teachers at risk. Washington Post
- Louisiana schools offered legal help in voucher fight. Education Week
OPINION
- Ask an Expert: School starts in two weeks – how do I prepare my student for back-to-school? EdNews Parent
- Editorial: Taxpayers bilked by for-profit schools. Boulder Daily Camera
- Editorial: A modest proposal for school board members’ phone costs. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- St. Vrain Voices: STEM education essential for jobs creation in Colorado and nation. Longmont Times-Call
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.