COLORADO
- Seven ways to prepare for middle and high school transitions. EdNews Colorado
- Conservative group’s ad campaign touts Dougco reforms. Our Colorado News
- DPS downtown school opens this week. 9News
- Poudre opens new school year with new superintendent. The Coloradoan
- Lewis-Palmer expands school bus advertising. The Gazette
- Some CU Regents raise new questions about administrator salaries. Daily Camera
- Thieves snapping up DPS sprinkler valves. CBS4
- Adams 12 kindergartener dropped at wrong bus stop. TheDenverChannel
NATIONAL
- Feds take a harder look at state implementation of NCLB waivers. EdWeek
- President has a few hard words for proprietary schools. Inside Higher Education
- New paper takes on Common Core criticisms. EdWeek
- Feds sue to block some Louisiana vouchers. Nola.com
- Study finds value in current financial aid system. Inside Higher Education
- Low-performing K-12 Inc. school in Tennessee fights critics. Tennessean
OPINION
- Column: How do Colorado’s taxes actually compare? Denver Post
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.