COLORADO
- Dougco launches call for charter schools. EdNews Colorado
- Modest fundraising for candidates for State Board of Education, CU Regents. EdNews Colorado
- Report shows Colorado with high jobs rank, poor in education funding. Denver Post, Denver Business Journal
- North High School students have tough questions for Denver police chief. Denver Post
- Colorado Springs District 11’s public engagement session turns into political wrangle. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Fort Collins student diagnosed with whooping cough. Fort Collins Coloradoan
- St. Vrain district financial report gets highest rating. Longmont Times-Call
- Falcon 49 school board balks at cost increase for school resource officer. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Crossing the line from victim to bully. Durango Herald
- Voters take up sales tax for Aspen schools. Aspen Times
- Colorado teacher training program praised. HispanicBusiness.com
- Web-based college aims to break down barriers. Denver Business Journal
NATIONAL
- Special report: Evaluating what works in blended learning. Education Week
- Audit: U.S. oversight of charter school funds lax. Associated Press
- Equal pay for equal work: Not even college helps women. NPR
- LA schools chief seeks union cooperation on Race to the Top application. Los Angeles Times
- Vouchers and desegregation cross legal paths in Louisiana. Education Week
OPINION
- Parent blog: School lunch then and now. EdNews Colorado
- Column: How the world’s longest-running school voucher program fared. The Answer Sheet in Washington 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.