COLORADO
- Spat flares over DPS school redesign. EdNews Colorado
- Is sex education lacking in Colorado schools? EdNews Colorado
- Monday school closings. 9News
- Routt County districts have differing views on proposed school finance overhaul. Steamboat Pilot
- Don Elliman named permanent chancellor of CU-Denver. Denver Post
- Misconceptions still face charter schools. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Colorado colleges trying to push STEM degrees. Denver Post
NATIONAL
- Report: U.S. on pace for 90 percent grad rate by 2020. Huffington Post, Reuters
- White House gives state-by-state estimates of sequestration cuts. EdWeek
- Colleges weigh costs of need-blind admissions. Inside Higher Education
- Bill would allow state takeover of failing Virginia schools. Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Bush foundation emails raise questions about corporate influence on education. EdWeek
- Some students do better online than others. Inside Higher Education
- Kansas lawmakers want to take courts out of school finance. Lawrence Journal-World
OPINION
- Voices: Close failing charter schools. EdNews Colorado
- Editorial: Expanding preschool is good, but at what cost? Denver Post
- Editorial: Equity in school funding. Denver Post
- Commentary: Common Core Standards and reading. Denver Post
- Does school reform perpetuate inequality? 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.