COLORADO
- Supporters of the Denver Scholarship Foundation are seeking to put a sales tax increase on November’s ballot to support the fund. EdNews Colorado
- A new collaborative will help charter schools establish health and wellness best practices. EdNews Colorado
- Adams 12 Five Star school officials say they are changing budgeting practices to correct overestimates of expenditures and consequent underspending. Denver Post
- A Sheridan elementary school holds a “Kindergarten Readiness Camp” to help new students prepare to enter school. 9News
- Colorado school districts’ policies to address mental health and suicide vary widely. Coloradoan
- A software saleswoman has thrown her hat into the Douglas County school board election ring as a politically unaffiliated candidate. Our Colorado News
- A Douglas County elementary school’s garden has a new chicken coop. Our Colorado News
- A partnership is helping blind students get quality time working in science labs. 9News
NATION
- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind bill that moves oversight from the federal government to the states. New York Times
- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has worked to appeal to both Democrats and Republicans to advance his favored education initiatives. Wall Street Journal
- A new poll released by the American Federation of Teachers reports that most public school parents don’t support recent changes in education policy. Washington Post
OPINION
- Commentary: A Fort Collins teacher says that students need more sex education than they’re getting in schools, but a new bill might help. Denver Post
- Commentary: A former Colorado state representative argues that implementing the Common Core will help improve the state’s future economic outlook. Gazette
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.