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President Barack Obama, sitting next to 6th-grader Osman Yaya, a student at Wicomico County Public Schools' Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, Md., speaks at Anacostia Library in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015, as he participates in a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students to announce two initiatives to improve education through digital connectivity. The president announced Thursday that major book publishers will provide more than $250 million in free e-books to low-income students and that he is seeking commitments from local governments and schools nationwide to provide library cards to all students. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Illustration on the change from nonviolent "racial equality" to violent "social justice" by Tim Brinton
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The director of the Children's Academy preschool in Aurora, Colorado, said she is investigating a letter that was sent home with children on Friday that stipulated what the teacher considered a healthy snack. (9 News)
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Brady Olson, the teacher at North Thurston High School who helped subdue a student who had fired a gun in the school on Monday, talks to reporters Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Lacey, Wash. Olson said his first thoughts as he took action were to get the gun away but also to act with concern for the shooter’s well-being. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Georgetown University is demanding members of the College Republicans edit a video posted on YouTube that showed liberal students protesting Christina Hoff Sommers' lecture earlier this month. (Georgetown University Republicans via Legal Insurrection)
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Akie Abe, wife of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are welcomed by student at Great Falls Elementary School in Great Falls, Va., Tuesday, April 28, 2015, during a vist to the school and its Japanese immersion classes. 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 **
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells reporters he will make up his mind in relatively short order on whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016, after attending a bill signing ceremony with Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 16, 2015. Bryant signed a bill based on a program created in Florida under Bush which has the state issuing $6,500 vouchers to some special education students, allowing their families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, tutoring or other education services. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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The alma maters of current GOP presidential hopefuls do not include Ivy League schools. (Washington Times graphic)
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Yale University students wear a variety of head coverings during Class Day at Yale in New Haven (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Professor Irwin Horwitz at Texas A&M Galveston said he reached his breaking point last week when he sent out an angry email to students informing them that they would all be receiving a failing grade for the semester. (KPRC)
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Tianna Swisher, a student at Liberty Valley Elementary School in Danville, Pa., attempts to drink from the water fountain at Montour Preserve near Washingtonville, Pa., during an outdoor field trip. (Associated Press)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government forum in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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A cross erected on Candlers Mountain overlooks Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Amid a $500 million construction boom, Liberty University is more construction zone than campus. Located in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains, Liberty now claims more than 100,000 students, with most of that number reflecting distance learners. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Jr., gestures during an interview at the school in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Amid a $500 million construction boom, Liberty University is more construction zone than campus. Located in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains, Liberty now claims more than 100,000 students, with most of that number reflecting distance learners. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A sign marks the entrance to a gender neutral restroom at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Wounded veterans were allegedly spit on by fraternity members from the University of Florida and Emory University while attending a retreat at Panama City Beach. (Image: NBC 7 Florida screenshot)
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In this image from video provided by Zach Rader, students from Westfield High School are on the stage during the grand finale of the concert dubbed "American Pie" Thursday April 23, 2015, just prior to the stage collapsed. (Zach Rader via AP)
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Capt. Charles Hollowell, left, of the Westfield Police Department said Thursday night April 24, 2015 that authorities don't have an exact number of injuries but are certain more than 12 were hurt. He says at least one person was critically injured after the stage gave way at Westfield High School. At right Andy Cook mayor of Westfield. (AP Photo/Lauryn Schroeder)
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Rose McGrath, a 12-year-old cancer survivor, says she has been expelled from her Michigan middle school after her battle with leukemia caused her too miss too many classes. (WWMT) ** FILE **
