COLORADO
- Colorado teacher prep policy gets a D from advocacy group. EdNews Colorado
- Losing Ground: The education gap. CPR
- Teacher uses tablets to bring up test scores. 9News
- iPad program expands in Boulder Valley elementary schools. Daily Camera
- Montrose preparing for a tax proposal in November. Montrose Daily Press
- Colorado schools move to secure entrances. 9News
- Brush school board concerned about safety. Brush News-Tribune
- Bruce Randolph School closed due to bomb threat. 9News
NATIONAL
- School finance lawsuits roil the funding landscape. EdWeek
- Texas House proposed no funding for testing. Washington Post
- Districts get bold on school security. EdWeek
- To raise grad rate, colleges urged to help a changing student body. NY Times
- Recession’s residual effects linger in student choice of colleges. Insider Higher Education
OPINION
- Voices: School funding must be addressed in “Year of the Student.” EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: A practical plan for guns in schools. Denver Post
- Editorial: Schools making, and not making, the grade. Steamboat Pilot
- Commentary: Preparing kids for success starts early. Durango Herald
- Commentary: A 19th century book is still timely for teachers. 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.