COLORADO
- DPS opens school year with more kids, new programs. EdNews Colorado
- Boulder crafts evaluation system, plans for facilities. Daily Camera
- Dougco piloting color-coded personality tests. Denver Post
- Steamboat district wants to leave NW BOCES. Steamboat Pilot
- Valdez paraprofessional charged with sex assault on child. 7News
- CU-Boulder offers new degree for STEM teachers. Boulder County Business Report
NATION
- Study: NCLB waivers threaten to leave at-risk students behind. AP
- Biggest changes in decades face U.S. students. WSJ
- Short careers by choice in many charter schools. NY Times
- New tests could change calculator use in classroom. EdWeek
- Survey finds professors skeptical of MOOCs. Inside Higher Education
- Indiana gov creates own ed agency, irritates state chief. EdWeek
OPINION
- Editorial: Education system money pit. Pueblo Chieftain
- Commentary: Obama higher ed reforms dubious. Summit Daily 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.