COLORADO
- New education bills raise hot topics. EdNews Colorado
- READ Act rules taking shape. EdNews Colorado
- Advocacy group pushing for open negotiations in Thompson district. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Colorado Virtual Academy’s charter may be in jeopardy. KUNC
- Wasson High community pleads to keep school open. The Gazette
- EAGLE-Net appoints interim president. News release
NATIONAL
- Moody’s nervous about higher ed finances. Inside Higher Education
- UCLA study highlights potential, challenges of Common Core tests. Education Writers Association
- Obama proposes host of programs to curb violence. EdWeek
- Majority of parents unhappy with children’s reading habits. EdWeek
- Flu closing schools nationwide. Huffington Post
- School breakfasts now as widely served as lunches. EdWeek
- Cal State University system to experiment with credit for MOOCs. Chronicle of Higher Education
- Gov. Brown pushing for big changes in California higher education. LA Times
OPINION
- Voices: Lack of trust, transparency in Dougco. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: U.S. needs a startup university. Washington 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.