Education

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Roma Downey, right, and Mark Burnett introduce episode one of the upcoming NBC series, "A.D. The Bible Continues," on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, to a crowd of faculty and students at the Browning Theater on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Ind. (Al Goldis/AP Images for A.D. The Bible Continues)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said states are tired of Washington calling the shots when it comes to what teachers learn and how they are evaluated. (Associated Press)

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College students and supporters hold up signs at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside City Hall in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

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First lady Michelle Obama eats veggie pizza with local school children from Bancroft and Tubman elementary schools after harvesting vegetables for the third annual White House kitchen garden fall harvest, Wednesday, Oct., 5, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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College students and supporters hold up signs at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside City Hall in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

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Maryland guard Varun Ram drives the ball during an NCAA college basketball game against Monmouth, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

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Maryland guard Varun Ram drives the ball in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Central Connecticut State, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Activists are calling for a federal civil rights investigation after the Islamic School of Rhode Island in West Warwick was defaced Saturday with anti-Islamic graffiti. (Islamic School of Rhode Island via NBC News)

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In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2015, sixth-grade teacher Carrie Young, back center, answers questions from her students about an exercise on their laptops as they practice for the the Common Core State Standards Test in her classroom at Morgan Elementary School South in Stockport, Ohio. On Tuesday, Ohio becomes the first state to administer one of two tests in English language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by two separate groups of states. (AP Photo/Ty Wright)