COLORADO
- What the state’s new child literacy law means for school districts; Denver joins national grade-level reading campaign. EdNews Colorado
- New child literacy standards headline new Colorado laws. Associated Press via Denver Post
- Metro State’s name change is now official: Metro State University. Denver Post
- Douglas County’s home-school option expanding for 2012-13. Our Colorado News
- For some high-achieving Boulder students, summer schools’ focus is food. Boulder Daily Camera
- Proposed sales tax increase for Aspen schools not fully vetted. Aspen Daily News
NATIONAL
- Five more states granted relief from key requirements of federal No Child Left Behind law. USA Today
- Four students who bullied bus monitor in viral video suspended for a year. USA Today
- Judge strikes main element of for-profit college rules. New York Times
- Plan would freeze tuition at California colleges at levels paid when students entered. Los Angeles Times
OPINION
- Why U.S. can’t get back to head of the class – it was never there. The Answer Sheet in Washington Post
- What would happen if we rid ourselves of standardized tests? Jay Matthews 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 7:30 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.