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COLORADO

• A 2011 state law meant to combat childhood obesity through more activity at school has mainly reinforced the status quo. EdNews Colorado via the I-News Network
• A Boulder school won a $100,000 grant to build a new playground after its old play space was lost to a building remodel. Daily Camera

NATION

• The Supreme Court ordered a lower court to take another, skeptical look at how affirmative action is used in the University of Texas’ admissions. New York Times
• A new study says that charter schools are improving, but are not outperforming traditional public schools. Washington Post
• Philadelphia’s all-city school orchestra played what might be its last concert because of budget cuts. Philadelphia Inquirer

OPINION

• Editorial: The Denver Post calls the sodomy hazing of a 13-year-old Colorado boy indefensible.

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.