COLORADO
- Scott Gessler, Colorado secretary of state and candidate for governor, will campaign for the conservative candidates in DougCo. Our Colorado News
- Briggsdale teachers will soon carry concealed handguns in the classroom. Daily Caller
- In its faltering push to bring cheap internet to rural schools, EAGLE-NET teamed up with Affiniti of Colorado, a company with a history of illegal behavior. Denver Post
- Denver’s high-tension school board election sparked accusations of conflict of interest. Do they hold up? Colorado Independent
- But, to the south, it’s a low-key election year for El Paso County’s school board races. Gazette
- Pro-A66 ad stretched the truth a bit on how money would be distributed. 9News
- Governor Hickenlooper continued the campaign pro-A66, despite a potentially tight race for re-election. Gazette
NATION
- Military parents embrace homeschooling to ease the impacts of moving frequently. AP via Durango Herald
- Common Core’s scores for the difficult of reading material puts Sports Illustrated for Kids’ Awesome Athletes above Jane Eyre and Huck Finn. New Republic
- Ending rumors he might resign, LA superintendent John Deasy will remain in his job. Southern CA Public Radio
- New teachers entering the work force have higher SAT scores than in the past. Hechinger Report
- In Nashville, the schools chief wants to drop student surveys from teacher evaluations, for now. Chalkbeat IN
- And in Memphis, the Atlantic took a close look at a group of public schools run by charter networks.
OPINION
- A66 will reverse effects of Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights and the recession on education funding. Coloradoan
- To help boys succeed in school, bring back recess and turn them into readers. Time
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.