COLORADO
- Lawyers make last Lobato case pitches. EdNews Colorado, Associated Press, Denver Post
- Sex ed bill advances in Senate, plus more Capitol news. Ed News Colorado
- Aurora superintendent details safety, security plans. Denver Post
- Fountain-Fort Carson won’t enter mediation in case of transgender girl. The Gazette
- Connecting teachers with technology. 9News
- Clerk rules group can circulate District 11 recall petitions. The Gazette
- Johnston makes school finance pitch to South Metro chamber. Our Colorado News
NATION
- AFT’s Weingarten arrested in Philly schools closure protest. Huffington Post
- Up to 80 Chicago schools could close. Chicago Tribune
- Ravitch launches new advocacy organization. EdNews
- Oklahoma fine-tuning A-F school grading system. NewsOK
- Obama preschool plan raises questions about teacher prep. EdWeek
- Georgia House passes parent trigger bill. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- More districts tying principal evaluations to test scores. EdWeek
- Measuring the MOOC dropout rate. Inside Higher Education
OPINION
- Commentary: Don’t tinker. Toss the SAT. Inside Higher Education
- Commentary: Vouchers and “neo-vouchers.” 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.