COLORADO
- State’s higher education master plan nears completion. EdNews Colorado
- Peaceful protest planned for tonight’s Dougco school board meeting. EdNews Colorado
- Fresh union money goes to Democrats. EdNews Colorado
- Teachers union threatens to sue Douglas County schools. 9News
- On the education beat: Bullying and sexual orientation. CPR
- New grading system has Falcon school district parents, students frustrated. KKTV
- 100 Loveland students enrolled in Thompson Online. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Aspen city council places sales tax increase for schools on ballot. Aspen Times, Aspen Daily News
- CSU-Pueblo enrollment tumbles; some students withdrawn for not paying tuition. Pueblo Chieftain
- CU regent candidate stops in Pueblo on whirlwind state tour. Pueblo Chieftain
- CU-Boulder faculty expresses fear over lifting of campus gun ban. Boulder Daily Camera
- Boulder won’t take lead in lobbying for change to campus gun law. Boulder Daily Camera
- Unlike in April, Obama campaign to pay for part of president’s CU visit. Boulder Daily Camera
NATIONAL
- More teachers green in the classroom. USA Today
- Judge rules for students in immigrant-tuition lawsuit. Associated Press via Denver Post
- High-performing teachers in low-income D.C. schools to get fastest raises. Washington Post
- Democratic platform hails Common Core, praises teachers. Education Week
- From the convention: Education finally playing a starring role. The Hechinger Report
OPINION
- Voices: An education researcher finds the Douglas County reform drama puzzling. EdNews Colorado
- Parent blog: Parents paying for K-12 funding cuts through higher student fees, says Jeffco mom and PTA president. EdNews Colorado
- Guest commentary: Federal budget cuts would be devastating, says a Craig elementary teacher. 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.