COLORADO
- The Denver school board asked district staff to re-evaluate its “do-not-rehire” policy for dismissed teachers. EdNews Colorado
- The state Board of Education considered guidelines for evaluations of non-teaching school staff. EdNews Colorado
- Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to sign the school funding overhaul today. AP via the Republic
- The University of Colorado is struggling to stop its faculty from being poached by other, well-resourced schools. Denver Post
- Elbert County’s sheriff is planning to put some reserve officers in county schools next school year. Denver Post
NATION
- Among the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma are 20 children who attended schools that were hit. USA Today
- The Chicago school board may vote to spare fewer than 5 schools on the city’s closing list. Chicago Tribune
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.