COLORADO
- Low point in Denver Public Schools politics? EdNews Colorado
- High schoolers to watch over youngsters after Jessica Ridgeway murder. Denver Post
- Westminster High School wears purple for Jessica; buys dinner for 200 investigators. Fox 31
- New online tool helps Denver families match students to schools. 9News, CBS 4
- Concerns raised over Denver Public Schools measures. Denver Business Journal (signup required for full article)
- Denver school choices grew out of community desires, changed laws. North Denver Tribune
- Dougco teachers frustrated by district changes. Our Colorado News
- Cherry Creek School District turns to voters. Our Colorado News, Denver Post’s Your Hub
- Colorado science, social studies assessments go online in 2014. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Thompson School District hears concerns about students’ safe travel. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Boulder High presents twisted fairytale haunted house. Boulder Daily Camera
- Colorado Springs school board urged to keep issuing honorific proclamations. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Englewood school district breaks ground for campus project. Our Colorado News
- After recall and resignation, Ellicott school board appoints new member. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Pueblo County school bond question affects every Pueblo West school. Pueblo Chieftain
- Aspen school district administrators get first raises in two years. Aspen Daily News
- More Mesa 51 grads choose Colorado colleges. Grand Junction Sentinel (signup required for full article)
- San Luis Valley schools pursue grant in Race to the Top of the Valley Collaborative. Alamosa Valley Courier
- A kindergarten conundrum as classes reach 29 students. Cortez Journal
- Student creativity finds new forms during National Day on Writing. Denver Post
- University of Phoenix to close Aurora learning center, other Colorado facilities. Aurora Sentinel
NATIONAL
- Parents choose new charter operator in first ever ‘parent trigger.’ The Hechinger Report
- Average debt up again for new college grads. Associated Press
- Debate fact check: Revisiting claims on jobs, education. USA Today
- Texas judge, siding with cheerleaders, allows Bible verses on banners at school games. New York Times
OPINION
- Voices: Why I’ll support Jeffco schools in November. EdNews Colorado
- Voices: Jeffco schools don’t need more money. EdNews Colorado
- Ask an Expert: Kids with allergies and school lunch. EdNews Colorado
- Editorial: Yes on St. Vrain’s school ballot question. Boulder Daily Camera
- Op-ed: St. Vrain district should focus on results, not money. Longmont Times-Call
- Editorial: Denver schools need 3A and 3B. Denver 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.