COLORADO
- Former Denver City Council President Rosemary Rodriguez announced a run for the District 2 Denver Public School Board seat. EdNews Colorado
- The State Board of Education approved a new statewide online charter school that will be managed by the controversial K12 Inc. EdNews Colorado
Two schools in Black Forest are still standing the day after the fires began. Our Colorado News - Boulder Valley schools are replacing academic sanctions for truancy with disciplinary measures. Daily Camera
- A two-week long summer institute in St. Vrain works to launch a STEM emphasis in young students that will continue to high school. Denver Post
- A 2013 high school graduate is running for school board in Douglas County. Our Colorado News
- Estes Park school board members are trying to decide what approach to take to this fall’s school finance tax ballot measure. Estes Park Trail Gazette
- St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent Don Haddad received his first raise since getting the job in 2009. Longmont Times-Call
NATION
- Students in Dallas are suing to stop their district’s truancy policy, which treats absences as criminal. Wall Street Journal
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.