More than 20 people, including many students, have been killed in shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. You can follow developments on national news services including CNN.com, The New York Times and NBCNews.com.
COLORADO
- Funding for Eagle-Net suspended. Denver Business Journal via EdNews Colorado
- Boulder Valley parents suggest staggered start for school year. Boulder Camera
- Pueblo City board members go mostly mute. Pueblo Chieftain
- Roaring Fork board denies charter for proposed Two Rivers school. Post Independent
- Parents protest removal of Dougco principal. CBS4
- CU Denver program helps vets move to business world. Denver Post
NATIONAL
- NAEP studying new ways to gauge student poverty. EdNews
- Building sprees raise debt for universities. NY Times
- U.S. Senate committee probing “school-to-prison pipeline. Stateline
- College trustees have mixed feelings about higher ed costs. Inside Higher Education
- Texas leaders preparing plans to expand school choice. Texas Tribune
- Philly plan calls for closing 37 schools. Huffington Post
- L.A. school board approves controversial plan to control grants. LA School Report
OPINION
- Column: Too many school districts? That depends. The Gazette
- Editorial: Quality teaching vs. tenure rights. Denver Post
- Commentary: Are tired kids learning anything? Washington Post/Answer Sheet
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.