COLORADO
- The chair of the Senate Education Committee, Evie Hudak, resigned to avoid a recall election. EdNews Colorado
- A statewide effort is helping teachers adapt new standards to meet the needs of their schools and classrooms and provide samples for others. Denver Post
- Lyons Elementary School is reopening for the first time since September’s flooding. 9News
- A new committee formed with the aim of holding the Douglas County School Board more accountable to the public. Our Colorado News
- Englewood schools rose to an “accredited with improvement” under the state’s accountability rating system. Our Colorado News
- Colorado community colleges are going to make another legislative go at being approved to offer four-year degrees. Denver Post
NATION
- Across the country, schools are pushing more low-income, black and Latino students to enroll in Advanced Placement courses. New York Times
- Six city school districts are combining their school food purchasing power in an attempt to persuade suppliers to sell more environmentally-friendly products. 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.