Education

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Former President Jimmy Carter teaches a Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, even in the face of sorrow. (Associated Press/File)

D.J. Durkin, right, poses for photographers alongside Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson after being introduced as Maryland's new head football coach, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in College Park, Md. Durkin comes from the University of Michigan, where he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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President Barack Obama speaks to the media at Indian Springs high school after meeting with victims families in San Bernardino Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via AP)

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In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 photo, a school bus waits outside of Riverheads High School in Staunton, Va., after Augusta County Schools were placed on lockdown in the afternoon. The closure was prompted by security concerns due to thousands of angry emails and social media postings after a teacher's lesson on Islam at Riverheads High School the previous week. (Griffin Moores/The Staunton News Leader via AP) **FILE**

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President Barack Obama delivers a statement at Indian Springs High School after meeting with families affected by the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, in San Bernardino. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A religious studies professor at the University of San Diego is responding to anti-Muslim rhetoric by leading a silent protest on campus where students and faculty don yellow stars marked "Muslim." (Times of San Diego)

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Michael Ancher: "Mrs Brøndum reading the bible"

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Los Angeles School Police officer Alex Camarillo, far left, and school officials welcome back area students heading back to school at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Students are heading back to class a day after an emailed threat triggered a shutdown of the vast Los Angeles Unified School District. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)