Rise & Shine: Texas teachers worry new tests are unfair

COLORADO

  • The House gave preliminary approval to the proposal to overhaul the state’s school finance system. EdNews Colorado 
  • The final House vote on the bill is expected today. EdNews Colorado
  • A bill under consideration in the legislature aims to help schools manage rising number of food allergies. KREX-TV
  • A Fort Collins middle school was designated one of the country’s most environmentally friendly. Coloradoan
  • Rocky Heights Middle School is the first in Douglas County to offer archery. Our Colorado News
  • Some Pueblo Community College students say the school discriminated when it cut short a drag show. 9News

NATION

  • President Barack Obama hosted a science fair to encourage students to pursue careers in STEM. New York Times 
  • Atlanta is offering students extra help to catch up after the cheating scandal. USA Today
  • A new survey suggests the public thinks American students perform worse on international science tests than they actually do. AP via HuffPo
  • Texas teachers worry that new tests will unfairly penalize special education students and the schools that educate them. Dallas Morning News

OPINION

  •  A survivor of the Columbine shootings, now a teacher, says no child should have to worry about gun violence in school. CNN

 

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.