COLORADO
- The business group Colorado Succeeds endorsed Amendment 66. EdNews Colorado
- An audit criticized how a state school construction program chooses how funds are distributed. EdNews Colorado
- Five candidates are competing for four seats on the Aurora school board. Denver Post
- The Roaring Fork school district has been holding sessions to “vision success.” Aspen Public Radio
- A group of parents are criticizing what they call a lack of transparency around Douglas County school district’s nonprofit fundraising arm. Our Colorado News
- School board candidates in Jeffco squared off at a forum. Our Colorado News
- A group of Denver students are participating in a healthy cooking competition. KDVR
NATION
- Most schools in Washington, D.C., will participate in a unified enrollment lottery next year. Washington Post
- School bus drivers in Boston walked off the job, surprising the city. New York Times
- A wealthy Houston couple has donated $10 million to keep Head Start programs running during the shutdown. New York Times
- Texas has spent millions on a tutoring program, with few results. Texas Tribune
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.