COLORADO
- Saddling parents with college loans they can’t afford. ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education via EdNews Colorado
- Briefs: Colorado Superintendent of the Year and the state gets low marks for civics education. EdNews Colorado
- Closing Colorado’s STEM gap. CPR
- Video: Denver Public Schools’ annual eighth-grade career fair. Denver Post
- Colorado Springs board moves $3.4 million to fund covering legal claims. Colorado Springs Gazette
- Comcast expands low-cost Internet access to students. Colorado Springs Gazette
- St. Vrain district buys into virtual library. Longmont Times-Call
- Loveland principal uses Jessica Ridgeway disappearance to remind parents of policies. Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Pueblo 60 board to vote on teachers union contract. Pueblo Chieftain
- Eagle County schools superintendent Smyser wins Colorado Superintendent of the Year. Vail Daily
- Colorado celebrates National Farm to School Month with new website. Fowler Tribune
- Colorado lawmakers condemn broadband provider tasked with improving access, particularly for rural schools. Craig Daily Press
- Student in sex case back in class at Aspen High School. Aspen Times
NATIONAL
- U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply question use of race in college admissions. Associated Press, USA Today, NPR, New York Times
- Students want to be at education reform table. NPR
- Los Angeles schools chief gets one-year contract extension, no performance bonus. Los Angeles Times
- Detroit parents embrace school choice, poll shows. Detroit News
OPINION
- Voices: Finding a common goal for our public schools. EdNews Colorado
- Invitation to a dialogue: a student’s call to arms. Opinion pages of New York Times
- The right college major can mean big bucks, according to Census data. The Answer Sheet 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 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.