COLORADO
- In his first big move as superintendent of Aurora, Rico Munn has hired Denver’s head of principal training as his chief academic officer. EdNews Colorado
- Many schools around the state are closed today because of flash flooding. 9News
- Gubernatorial candidate Greg Brophy says that hiring the right teachers, not raising taxes, is the best way to fix education. Durango Herald
- James Geddes, a current University of Colorado Regent, is running for school board in Douglas County. Our Colorado News
- Manitou elementary students are using Skype to connect with video learning tools around the country. Gazette
NATION
- A new report charges that Race to the Top was largely a failure at improving student outcomes. Politico
- Despite an Obama administration threat to withhold federal dollars, California is moving to discard its standardized testing program. Wall Street Journal
OPINION
- The president of Latinos for Education Reform argues that Denver’s pace of closing the achievement gap between white and Hispanic students is too slow. Denver 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.