COLORADO
- School supplies tax credit bill killed. EdNews Colorado
- Latino group criticizes DPS board finalists. EdNews Colorado
- School conditions survey opens for teachers. EdNews Colorado
- Adams 12 renews COVA charter for one more year. KUNC via EdNews Colorado
- District 11 board makes it official – three schools to close. The Gazette
- Thompson denies 7-year-old expelled for throwing imaginary grenade. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Examining the value of a college degree. CPR
- New DPS board member likely to be swing vote. Denver Post
- Boulder Valley restructuring administrative positions. Daily Camera
- Thompson board debates norms for member behavior. Loveland Repotter-Herald
- Bugs found in lunches at Harrison High. KKTV
- CU-Boulder enacts campus smoking ban. Denver Business Journal
NATIONAL
- States make progress on Common Core implementation. EdWeek
- Education Trust head worried about NCLB waivers. Huffington Post
- Vegas board members question Dwight Jones over consultant costs. Las Vegas Review-Journal
- American Council on Education approves five MOOCs for credit. Inside Higher Education
- Report: Pell Grants on sound financial footing for 2014. Inside Higher Education
OPINION
- Voices: Stand up for teachers, not unions. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: On guns in my classroom. Inside Higher Education
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.