COLORADO
- State Board of Education gets preview of district ratings. EdNews Colorado
- Statewide “sample” curriculum raises a few hackles. EdNews Colorado
- Filmmaker visits Colorado to discuss Bully documentary. 9News
- Rabbi seeks flexibility as Boulder, Adams 12 students attend services. Broomfield Enterprise
- USDA, state officials check out Boulder Valley school lunches. Boulder Daily Camera
- Most Poudre schools meet state performance measures. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- New Thompson School District superintendent contract approved. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Frederick student honored for selflessness with Dottie Lamm award. Longmont Times-Call
- Durango schools chief explains principal switch. Durango Herald
- Students use Steamboat Learning Center to prep for tests, college. Steamboat Today
- CU-Boulder blames enrollment dip on recruiting of Colorado students. Boulder Daily Camera
- Top-earning CU administrators passed up for raises. Boulder Daily Camera
- CU Regents revise gun policy to comply with state supreme court ruling. Boulder Daily Camera
- CU Regents vote to oppose marijuana legalization under Amendment 64. Boulder Daily Camera
- Colorado School of Mines tops local schools in U.S. News collegiate survey. Denver Post
- CSU-Pueblo, Adams State rated among region’s best. Pueblo Chieftain
NATIONAL
- Back to school Friday? Hope spreads from bargaining table to schools’ picket line. Chicago Tribune
- Push to add charter schools hangs over strike. New York Times
- For Obama and Romney, why education matters in the election. Huffington Post
OPINION
- Voices: Is choice killing off private schools? EdNews Colorado
- Column: School’s out for Dougco union. Mike Rosen in Denver Post
- Editorial: Dougco school board’s actions difficult to understand. Our Colorado News
- State Board of Ed member Elaine Gantz Berman on educational landscape. Huffington 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 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.