COLORADO
- A Colorado district’s gamble on competency-based learning is paying dividends after much tinkering. EdNews Colorado
- The Denver teachers union announced endorsements for the fall’s school board elections. EdNews Colorado
- The deepening friendship of two high school seniors, one with significant developmental delays and severe autism, will be highlighted at graduation when they walk across the stage together. Denver Post
- A Lakewood alternative school is posting graduation rates higher than many traditional high schools. 9News
- A Steamboat Springs preschool closed suddenly this week, leaving parents in a bind. Steamboat Today
- Douglas County school officials say based on data from freshmen, the controversial block scheduling plan is working. Our Colorado News
- Dougco officials are also questioning teacher ratings at a school where 70 percent of teachers were rated “highly effective” (compared to 15 percent district-wide). Our Colorado News
- Boulder Valley students celebrated the last day of school. Daily Camera
NATION
- Los Angeles fifth-grade teacher Monica Ratliff won a spot on the ciyt’s school board, defeated a candidate than $2.2 million spent on his behalf and an endorsement from the mayor’s reform campaign. L.A. Times
OPINION
- Commentary: The school finance reform bill signed this week will promote economic development. Pagos Daily 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.