COLORADO
- Former Denver school board member mulls lawsuit over email release. EdNews Colorado
- Colorado Votes – comparing Romney and Obama on education. CPR
- Denver charter encourages sick children to attend school on count day. 9News
- High school debaters will train a keen eye on presidential candidates. Denver Post
- Young poets at Broomfield elementary learn art of publishing. Broomfield Enterprise
- Boulder Explore provides enrichment to homeschooled students. Boulder Daily Camera
- Boulder ‘I have a dream’ alum turned author will speak at fundraiser. Boulder Daily Camera
- Pueblo County school board approves new contract with teachers union. Pueblo Chieftain
- Enrollment down, official count due next month. Grand Junction Sentinel (signup required)
- CU-Boulder secures $12 million grant to research fracking. Boulder Daily Camera
- CU doc wins genius award for patient transitions initiative. Denver Post
- Scholars meet donors at Pueblo Community College. Pueblo Chieftain
NATIONAL
- Education chief wants textbooks to become obsolete. Associated Press
- Online schools face backlash as states question results. Reuters
- Applying lessons from charters to regular public schools. Education Week
- Data shows fewer students leave NYC charters than district schools. Schoolbook
OPINION
- Voices: What you learn from sixth-graders. EdNews Colorado
- Editorial: St. Vrain school district finances easy to find. Longmont Times-Call
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.