Rise & Shine: Ed in tonight’s debate

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

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.