COLORADO
- The Denver school board voted early Friday morning to table a decision on whether to not renew contracts for more than 200 teachers next year after hours of emotional testimony. EdNews Colorado
- The State Board of Education heard arguments for and against a controversial new student data tracking program. EdNews Colorado
- Southwest Denver families are complaining that a lack of access of transportation prevents them from accessing new school options. 9News
- Colorado Springs School District 11’s will get a raise for the first time in four years. Gazette
- A Highlands Ranch STEM school is expanding and getting new facilities. Our Colorado News
- Teachers say that Denver’s new discipline policy is letting students get away with fights and death threats. CPR
NATION
- Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs, is increasing her philanthropy in education and elsewhere. New York Times
- More charter schools, including some run by national operators new to the city, are coming to New Orleans. Times-Picayune
- And the Texas legislature approved a lift on the cap on the number of charters allowed to open in the state. Dallas Morning News
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.