COLORADO
- If voters approve a $1 billion tax hike for education, it will buck a trend of voters rejecting education tax increases that stretches back decades. EdNews Colorado
- Former Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien announced her run for the at-large Denver school board seat. EdNews Colorado
- Metro State University approved a 9 percent tuition hike. EdNews’ EdWire
- Teachers leaving the Douglas County school district say changes are coming in the district too quickly and with too little explanation. Our Colorado News
- The Boulder Valley School District is planning to eliminate 41 bus stops, affecting nine schools and hundreds of students. Daily Camera
- The valedictorian at Denver’s Sheridan High School, whose family came to the United States illegally when she was six, says that even with the ASSET bill, college may be out of reach for many students like her. CPR
Departing Aurora superintendent John Barry tells students that the most important thing in life is to have choices. Aurora Sentinel
NATION
- President Barack Obama says he wants nearly all American students to be connected to super-fast internet through schools and libraries by 2018. New York Times
Obama is also once again calling on Congress to avoid an interest rate hike for student loans. AP via Aurora Sentinel
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.