COLORADO
- Study details how to evaluate teachers. EdNews Colorado, Gotham Schools, Denver Post
- Grant stripped from Brighton charter, criminal investigation underway. Denver Post
- Boulder Valley board supportive of Aug. 22 start date. Daily Camera
- Poudre board member resigns. The Coloradoan
- Some Falcon board members want review of top administrator job descriptions. The Gazette
NATIONAL
- The education of Michelle Rhee. PBS Frontline
- Texas, Ohio teachers flock to free firearms training. Reuters
- Georgia’s new evaluation system needs some work. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Record number of misconduct complaints against NY school workers. NY Times
- Coursera to offer certificates for fee-based MOOC courses. Inside Higher Education
OPINION
- Voices: Rethinking the purpose of school. EdNews Colorado
- Commentary: Ravitch on Rhee. Washington Post/Answer Sheet
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.