COLORADO
- The Secretary of State announced that the proposed K-12 tax measure did receive enough valid petitions to make it onto the November ballot. EdNews Colorado
- And legislators finalized the language that will be used to describe the proposal to voters. EdNews Colorado
- Here’s the complete list of candidates running for school board in major Colorado districts. EdNews Colorado
- And in Denver, here’s the order in which the candidates’ names will appear on the ballot. EdNews Colorado
- In the Thompson school district, three candidates are vying to fill the seat of the largest director district. Reporter-Herald
- Colorado ranks second in the nation in states with parents refusing vaccines for their children. Fox 21
- Douglas County will give more money to schools and raise teacher salaries because of higher-than-anticipated revenue. Denver Post
- Schools without air conditioning in Boulder and elsewhere are still hot. Daily Camera
NATION
- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says that schools should start later to allow students more sleep. AP
- In Louisiana’s new evaluation system, 9 out of 10 teachers are rated effective or highly effective. Times-Picayune
- States have been slow to adopt new and controversial shared science standards. Hechinger Report
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.