COLORADO
- Thompson board sets salary for interim superintendent. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Pikes Peak Prep growing thanks to modular buildings. The Gazette
- CSU president worried higher education headed toward privatization. Durango Herald
- Mesa 51 has worst summertime vandalism in recent memory. Grand Junction Sentinel
NATIONAL
- Risky lending helped student loan debt to balloon. The Associated Press, Stateline.org
- State waives allowed graduation of Minn. students who failed math test. TwinCities.com
- Missouri school funding formula is $700 million short. Columbia Missourian
- Debate between Obama, Romney advisors shows contracting higher education views. InsideHigherEd.com
OPINION
- Ask an expert column: A school safety experts writes about helping kids deal with tragedies like the Aurora shootings. EdNews Parent
- Op-ed: A math expert thinks the hype around the Kahn Academy has gotten out of hand. 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 7:30 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.