Rise & Shine: Music ed gets a boost in Dougco, Aurora

COLORADO

  • The Senate advanced a still-unfunded bill that aims to improve instruction for English language learners. EdNews Colorado
  • Roger Kilgore threw his hat into the Denver Public School board race’s ring. EdNews Colorado 
  • A group of students met Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Colorado Springs Gazette
  • A foundation is donating money to improve arts education in Douglas County. Our Colorado News
  • Another group donated $21,000 worth of musical instruments to Overland students. Aurora Sentinel
  • A Poudre school district administrator will become the superintendent of a small northeastern Colorado district. Coloradoan
  • A group of Boulder fifth-graders simulated Ellis Island. Daily Camera

NATION

  • Texas is considering reforming its teacher evaluation system, which currently rely on a single 45 minute observation. New York Times
  • Citing gains, Detroit’s emergency manager for its public schools is leaving. Detroit  Free Press
  • Newtown, Connecticut, is considering what to do with the elementary school were students were shot. Wall Street Journal

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.