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Rycc Smith welcomes Montello Elementary School students as they board his bus outside the Lewiston, Maine school Thursday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2021 after the first day back in nearly a month. The entire school district switched to all remote learning after an uptick in COVID-19 cases last month. Smith has been driving a school bus for the past 40 years and said the students have been very cooperative following the protocols. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
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While D.C. teachers are eligible for the coronavirus shot, child care workers aren't. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on school choice by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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The sweet smell of success (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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French Revolution can teach us about ‘woke’ culture illustration by The Washington Times
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In search of religious and political common ground
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Students for Trump Twitter profile, screen captured from Twitter on Jan. 13, 2021. (Twitter.com/TrumpStudents)
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Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus, said that the impeachment process "will not go to trial." Mr. Dershowitz cites Senate rules and the Constitution in his advisement. (Associated Press)
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Rodney Robinson, a senior adviser at Richmond Public Schools who was named 2019 National Teacher of the Year, apologized Thursday after he praised the neighbor who brutally assaulted Sen. Rand Paul in 2017 and called for the same treatment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Screenshot via Twitter/@RodRobinsonRVA)
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President Donald Trump shows the executive order he signed targeting what his administration says is growing anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**
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Miguel Cardona is President-elect Joseph R. Biden's nominee for education secretary. Mr. Biden touted Mr. Cardona's credentials. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on lessons learned from the Trump administration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on digital learning by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Many students at college campuses across the country now are home from Thanksgiving until the spring semester due to a surge in coronavirus cases.
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A national survey reports a 21.7% decline in college applications from high school seniors from one year ago. (Associated Press)
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The Virginia Military Institute began work Monday to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, an effort initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the school. (Associated Press)
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Average math scores were lower by 5 and 10 percentile points for students this year compared to last year, according to a new report. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Illustration on a new normal in education by Alexander Hunter/The WashingtonTimes
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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, Lewis Ferebee, Chancellor of DC Public Schools, and Paul Kihn, Deputy Mayor for Education, announce that District of Columbia public schools will be all virtual through Nov. 6, during a news conference Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**
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“Perhaps more importantly, in addition to preserving minority rights, the Electoral College enhances stability in a democratic system of government,” said Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Republican. (Associated Press)
