COLORADO
- DPS board finalists tackle creationism. EdNews Colorado
- Dougco teachers join class action lawsuit. EdNews Colorado
- Piton Foundation leadership shakeup. EdNewsColorado
- CU officials unveil 2013-14 tuition proposals. Daily Camera
- Dougco board gets good financial news. Our Colorado News
- Thompson board declines petition to open negotiations. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Cherry Creek, charter school wrangling over tax increase revenues. 9News
- CU-Boulder to offer four free online courses. Colorado Daily
- Grant enables Westminster to roll out new physical activity program. Our Colorado News
NATIONAL
- Arne Duncan weighs in on waivers, sequestration, Common Core. EdWeek
- Thousands of California teachers lacking required credentials. California Watch via Hechinger Report
- Survey of policy experts finds pessimism that common tests will be ready. EdWeek
- Report finds widespread inequities in education funding across U.S. Stateline
- Studies say many students don’t need remediation. EdWeek
- Test scores of Hispanics vary widely in most populous states. NY Times
- Texas may scale back testing, grad requirements. Texas Tribune
OPINION
- Voices: International tests highlight achievement gap. EdNews Colorado
- Voices: Finding the “super” in superintendent. EdNews Colorado
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.