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Illustration on national reexamination of the Common Core curriculum by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Students Matter David Welch makes comments on the Vergara v. California lawsuit verdict in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. A judge struck down tenure and other job protections for California's public school teachers as unconstitutional Tuesday, saying such laws harm students, especially poor and minority ones, by saddling them with bad teachers. In a landmark decision that could influence the gathering debate over tenure across the country, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu cited the historic case of Brown v. Board of Education in ruling that students have a fundamental right to equal education. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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**FILE** Attorneys Theodore Boutrous (second from left) and Marcellus McRae (third from left), representing nine California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenure, seniority, and other protections, walk to a news conference outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 27, 2014. Their case Vergara v. California is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers. (Associated Press)
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ProTecht has designed a bullet-resistant blanket meant to protect students and teachers during the event of a tornado or shooting attack. (Bodyguard Blanket/Facebook)
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Dr. Chien-fu Lin, Associated Dean of the Institue for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science at the National Taiwan University, during a Newsmaker interview witht the Washington Times. Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times
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Dr. Chien-fu Lin, Associated Dean of the Institue for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science at the National Taiwan University, during a Newsmaker interview witht the Washington Times. Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times
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President Obama found time for March Madness, but not for the funeral of a Chicago girl murdered soon after performing with her high school band at his 2013 inauguration. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) **FILE**
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was one of the first governors to sign on to Common Core, and his current opposition to the standards puts him at odds with his hand-picked state superintendent of education. (Associated Press)
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Picking sides: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is putting himself on the same page as grass-roots conservatives who fear Common Core education standards are part of an effort to inculcate liberal ways of thinking in students. (Associated Press)
