Education

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Students participating in rush pass by the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on Jan. 15. (Associated Press)

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In his testimony, Bill Cosby told of how he tried to gain women's trust and make them comfortable by talking about their families, their education and their career aspirations. (Associated Press)

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Programs for preschool students have undergone rigorous evaluation. (Associated Press/File)

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's economic platform is expected to include familiar liberal tropes such as a call to raise the minimum wage, heavily taxing the superrich, investment in infrastructure and subsidizing college tuition. (Associated Press Photographs)

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Illustration on the burdens CFPB regulations are to middle class America by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this July 8, 2015, photo, Freeburg school superintendent Andrew Lehman, left, listens to members of Little People of America after the group presented him with a petition requesting that Freeburg Community High School change its nickname from the "Midgets" during a meeting at the school in Freeburg, Ill. (Derik Holtmann/News Democrat via AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2014, file photo, California State University, Northridge, CSUN President Dianne Harrison, right, holds a report regarding Pi Kappa Phi activities that lead to the death of CSUN student Armando Villa, at a news conference at the CSUN campus in Northridge, Calif. The family of the California college student who died during a fraternity hike sued the organization and the school on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, saying the young man's death was senseless and easily preventable. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the nation’s third-largest school district is making $200 million in cuts that won’t affect schools opening on time or class size. The reductions detailed at a Wednesday news conference come after the district paid a $634 million pension bill that district officials said it couldn't afford. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

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President Barack Obama pauses speaks at Taylor Stratton Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, July 1, 2015, about the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

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President Obama jogs over to greet guests after arriving in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday. The president spoke at an elementary school regarding the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

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This photo shows an Everest Institute sign on an office building in Silver Spring, Md. In the two decades since trade schools started popping up on U.S. stock exchanges to maximize profits, allegations of misconduct have been rampant. On July 1, 2015, new rules go into effect for any school with a career-training program. The U.S. Education Department estimates it loaned some $3.6 billion in the past five years to Corinthian students before the government forced it to sell or close its campuses. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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National Edition News cover for July 1, 2015 - Christie joins GOP governors touting executive experience: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes the podium before speaking to supporters during an event announcing he will seek the Republican nomination for president, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Livingston High School in Livingston, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the graduates of the Boys and Girls High School in New York in this June 25, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Illustration on the imposition of Common Core on U.S. schools by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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College students and abortion rights activists hold signs during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2015. The Supreme Court refused on Monday, June 29, 2015, to allow Texas to enforce restrictions that would force 10 abortion clinics to close. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Illustration on connections between Rolling Stone's reporter and the Departmwent of Education in the UVA "rape" case by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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First lady Michelle Obama and Akie Abe, wife of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tour a Japanese immersion classroom, at Great Falls Elementary School in Great Falls, Va., Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The Japanese immersion is part of Virginia’s Fairfax County Public School’s World Languages Immersion Program, where elementary students learn math, science, and health through a foreign language. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**