COLORADO
- New school year means end to zero-tolerance discipline policies in Colorado. EdNews Colorado
- Denver Public Schools works to solve hot classroom issues; later start date not much help. 9News
- Former astronaut inspires Denver area students in math, technology. Denver Post
- Dougco superintendent gives interview about transforming education. Reason Foundation
- Colorado Springs ninth-grader who stopped school bus: “I just acted.” Colorado Springs Gazette
- Pueblo City schools notified the district will be taken off state’s turnaround status. Pueblo Chieftain
- Pueblo City school board members “elated” over New York consultant’s pullout. Pueblo Chieftain
- Sterling High School to use breathalyzer at evening events. Sterling Journal-Advocate
- Gaming’s broken promise to higher ed: Four years later, Amendment 50 fails to deliver expected jackpot. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Hundreds wait in line for tickets to Obama’s CU-Boulder speech. Boulder Daily Camera
NATIONAL
- New York names 123 NYC schools to improve or close by 2015. GothamSchools
- Harvard says 125 students may have cheated on final exam. New York Times
- Survey offers dire picture of California’s two-year colleges. Los Angeles Times
- Charting the flow of students to favored school districts. Education Week
- Catholic schools feeling squeeze from charters. Education Week
OPINION
- Voices: Why stop at a bar exam for teachers? The head of the Professional Association of Colorado Educators argues teachers should be treated like lawyers, not factory workers. EdNews Colorado
- Parent blog: Learning teachers’ pet peeves. A Boulder mom and psychologist uses a lesson about pet peeves to ease her son’s concern about getting the “strict” teacher. EdNews Colorado
- Guest commentary: CU and CSU are big players in Colorado’s economy. CSU President Tony Frank and CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DeStefano. Denver Post
- Room for debate: Is Teach for America working? New York Times
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 8 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.