COLORADO
- School finance on the brain. EdNews Colorado
- Proximity beats quality ratings when DPS parents choose schools. EdNews Colorado
- Goose Gossage joins the fight to save Wasson High. The Gazette
- How Aurora, Cherry Creek prepare for school threats. Aurora Sentinel
- Poudre to name superintendent finalists tonight. The Coloradoan
- CU Denver to start construction of new building. Denver Post
NATIONAL
- Analyzing claims about the Common Core and literature. EdWeek
- Study: Charters that start bad stay bad. Huffinton Post
- Emails raise questions about Bush foundation’s corporate ties. Washington Post/Answer Sheet
- High schools might have to pay for unprepared grads. Hechinger Report
- Fight over Wyo. superintendent’s powers headed to court. Casper Star-Tribune
- Like Hickenlooper, several other governors making ECE a priority. EdWeek
- Kansas lawmakers to consider collective bargaining rollback. Huffington Post
- Tennessee bill would ban mention of homosexuality in schools. Huffington Post
OPINION
- Voices: Teaching controversial texts. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: Accreditation system must respond to higher ed changes. Inside Higher Education
- Commentary: A lawyer weighs in on “bar exam” for teachers. EdWeek
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.