Rise & Shine: Civil rights groups’ safety plan

COLORADO

• Ahead of floor debate on a proposed school finance bill, key Senators are hammering out details of amendments to the plan. EdNews Colorado
• With a proposed amendment, the school finance plan would boost funding for Boulder and other affluent schools districts but also cost more. Daily Camera
• Democrats in the Senate also approved a budget with funding increases for schools and higher education. Denver Post
• The Colorado Department of Education is continuing its investigation into alleged violations committed on standardized tests. Conejos County Citizen

NATION

• North Carolina lawmakers have unveiled a school safety plan, which say is the nation’s most comprehensive, that would add more school safety officers and install panic alarms in every classroom. News and Observer
• A coalition of civil rights groups unveiled a school safety proposal that emphasizes positive school climates over the addition of more armed employees. EdWeek
• A group of Connecticut schools is following the lead of some schools in Colorado and elsewhere and adopting a “mastery-based” model for high school graduation. New Haven Independent via HuffPo
• The governor of New Jersey announced his takeover plan for schools in Camden. Wall Street Journal

OPINION

• Commentary: Schools should look past simple measures like salary towards a broader view of teacher and school needs in order to retain 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.