COLORADO
- Guns, union bills first out of the gate at legislature. EdNews Colorado
- Easley resigning from DPS board. EdNews Colorado, Denver Post
- District 11 proposes closing Wasson High, two elementary schools. The Gazette
- Pueblo City board to discuss administrative costs. The Chieftain
- Jeffco allows man to run home gun business near school. 9News
- Colorado Mountain president got triple severance. Glenwood Springs Post Independent
NATIONAL
- Quality Counts report: States show spotty progress on key indicators. EdWeek
- California teachers’ pension fund to divest gun investments. Associated Press
- Letter grades for schools get parents’ attention. Wall Street Journal (subscription)
- Poll: 27 percent of Americans think teachers should be armed. Atlantic Wire
- First parent trigger charter conversion made in California. Hechinger Report
- Lumina Foundation considering new strategies for college completion. Inside Higher Education
- Study shows value of college degree in recession. NY Times
OPINION
- Voices: Open letter to Douglas County. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: Obama should focus on ECE. Washington Post/Answer Sheet
- Commentary: Language education we can use. EdWeek
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.