COLORADO
- Churchill loses appeal, Blue Ribbon schools, DPS ballot measures campaign kicks off. EdNews Colorado
- Douglas County school board racks up closed-door time. Our Colorado News
- Boulder Valley aims for fewer car trips to schools. Boulder Daily Camera
- Zero hour helps Cheyenne Mountain Junior High win national recognition. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Adams 14 one of eight school districts cooking from scratch. Denver Post
- Brighton school district to begin running ads on buses. Denver Post’s Your Hub
- Decision due on Pueblo City’s turnaround grant. Pueblo Chieftain
- Steamboat school board approves $60,000 loan to charter. Steamboat Today
- Canon City school district pleased with ratings from performance frameworks. Canon City Daily Record
- Fruita principal may kiss snake at Fall Fest. Grand Junction Sentinel
- Fired Colorado professor Ward Churchill loses appeal. Denver Post, Boulder Daily Camera, New York Times
- Pueblo Community College enrollment dips but Adams State University enrollment is up. Pueblo Chieftain
- New Colorado State program hopes to attract international students. Denver Post
- Adams State University won’t be investigated for Obama course. Associated Press via Denver Post, Fox 31
- CU to offer new minor in business, honors program at Leeds School. Boulder Daily Camera
- Virginia Tech shooting victim to speak at CU-Boulder. Boulder Daily Camera
NATIONAL
- Chicago teachers strike heads into second day. Chicago Tribune
- In Chicago standoff, latest sign of unions under seige. New York Times
- Funding for new school year down in half of states. Stateline
- Online schools provider K12 being investigated by Florida Department of Education. Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and State Impact Florida
OPINION
- The Chicago Teachers Union has stood up. What should teachers’ unions do? Diane Ravitch’s blog
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.