COLORADO
- New state financial aid plan approved. EdNews Colorado
- Boulder Valley schools take on junk mail. Daily Camera
- Poudre board working to fill vacancy. The Coloradoan
- Wasson High steeped in history. The Gazette
- Boulder Valley addresses Hispanic graduation gap. Daily Camera
NATIONAL
- Study: Colleges producing too many elementary teachers. EdWeek
- Texas senator wants significant rollback of testing. Texas Tribune
- Florida mom willing to pay for armed guard at school. FirstCoastNews.com
- Chair of House education panel says NCLB reauthorization a top priority. Huffington Post
- Charters adjusting to Common Core demands. EdWeek
OPINION
- Voices: “And” vs. “or” in the Common Core. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: Dougco student says district education not “world class.” Denver Post
- Commentary: Time to stop bashing St. Vrain schools. Longmont Times Call
- Commentary: What’s wrong with a lot of schools. EdWeek
- Commentary: School resource officers protect our children. Huffington 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.