Education

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER Antranik Askander poses in the classroom Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at Franklin Central High School. An IUPUI student, Askander is part of a pilot program at IUPUI. He's taken longer than the traditional four years to graduate, but IUPUI told him at the beginning of this year that they would cover his tuition costs if he graduates by the end of this year. If not, he has to repay the money. Askander has juggled family health issues and I think he is a first-generation college student, so navigating college hasn't been an easy path. He's slated to graduate in May, though, and is now student teaching at Franklin Central High. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Doug McSchooler)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER Antranik Askander leads a class discussion on the lunar phases Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at Franklin Central High School. An IUPUI student, Askander is part of a pilot program at IUPUI. He's taken longer than the traditional four years to graduate, but IUPUI told him at the beginning of this year that they would cover his tuition costs if he graduates by the end of this year. If not, he has to repay the money. Askander has juggled family health issues and I think he is a first-generation college student, so navigating college hasn't been an easy path. He's slated to graduate in May, though, and is now student teaching at Franklin Central High. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Doug McSchooler)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER Antranik Askander poses in the classroom Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at Franklin Central High School. An IUPUI student, Askander is part of a pilot program at IUPUI. He's taken longer than the traditional four years to graduate, but IUPUI told him at the beginning of this year that they would cover his tuition costs if he graduates by the end of this year. If not, he has to repay the money. Askander has juggled family health issues and I think he is a first-generation college student, so navigating college hasn't been an easy path. He's slated to graduate in May, though, and is now student teaching at Franklin Central High. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Doug McSchooler)

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In this April 25, 2014 photo, Justin Stees, 18, waits for his prom date and grandmother Julie Stees, 59, as they meet for the grand march at Prophetstown High School in Prophetstown, Ill. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Media, Alex T. Paschal)

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In this April 25, 2014 photo, Julie Stees accompanies her 18-year-old grandson Justin in the grand march at Prophetstown High School prom in Prophetstown, Ill What started as a bit of a joke turned into Justin asking her to be his prom date. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Media, Alex T. Paschal)

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In this April 25, 2014 photo, Julie Stees, 59, starts the walk to the stage for the start of the grand march for the prom she attended with her 18-year-old grandson, Justin, at Prophetstown High School in Prophetstown, Ill. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Media, Alex T. Paschal)

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Stacey Jacobson-Francis works on math homework with her 6 year old daughter Luci Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at their home in Berkeley, Calif. As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus. Stacey Jacobson-Francis, 41, of Berkeley, California, said her daughter’s homework requires her to know four different ways to add. “That is way too much to ask of a first grader. She can’t remember them all, and I don’t know them all, so we just do the best that we can,” she said. (AP Photo)

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Stacey Jacobson-Francis works on math homework with her 6 year old daughter Luci Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at their home in Berkeley, Calif. As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus. Stacey Jacobson-Francis, 41, of Berkeley, California, said her daughter’s homework requires her to know four different ways to add. “That is way too much to ask of a first grader. She can’t remember them all, and I don’t know them all, so we just do the best that we can,” she said. (AP Photo)