COLORADO
- State’s smallest school district enrolls just 10 students. EdNews Colorado
- Colorado school districts seek $1 billion in bond issues and operating increases. EdNews Colorado
- Education headlines from Democratic National Convention. EdNews Colorado
- Jeffco librarian turns RV into campaign billboard for district tax proposals. 9News
- 24 apply for Harrison School District 2’s top job. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Pueblo County officials redraft bond proposal after last year’s failure. Pueblo Chieftain
- School District 51 parents adjust to busing changes. Grand Junction Sentinel
- Neenan Co.-built Meeker Elementary back in business. Grand Junction Sentinel
- New union negotiations cause teacher to lose thousands. Trinidad Times
- Boulder’s Summit Middle School receives national Blue Ribbon award. Boulder Daily Camera
- Longmont third-graders learn about aquatic environments, conservation. Longmont Times-Call
- Parents, community members head to class for crash course on Thompson School District. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Metro State University of Denver cuts costs in name change. Denver Post’s Your Hub
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs again breaks enrollment records. Colorado Springs Gazette
NATIONAL
- Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years. Chicago Tribune
- Studies find more students cheating, with high achievers no exception. New York Times
- Presidential nominees serve up sharp differences on education. Education Week
- Some Georgia schools make Mandarin mandatory. NPR
- Analysis: U.S. colleges have made huge endowment gains. USA Today
OPINION
- Voices: The benefits of cost-sharing in rural Colorado. EdNews Colorado
- Voices: 10 reasons we need better arts in Denver Public Schools. EdNews Colorado
- Column: Denver schools for radicals? Vincent Carroll questions social action in teacher evaluations. Denver Post
- Colorado Classroom blog: Denver Public Schools makes the case for $515 million tax increase. Denver Post
- Editorial: Making the grade? Colorado colleges need to prove it. Denver 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 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.