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Four Senate Democrats, including Virginia's Tim Kaine (right) and Mark Warner (left), have asked the Biden administration's Education Department to investigate the handling of sexual-abuse complaints at Lynchburg's Liberty University. (Associated Press)
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Dr. John E. Deasy, the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District testifies Monday Jan. 27, 2014, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on the opening day of Vergara v. The State of California. The lawsuit was filed in May 2012 on behalf of nine public school students from across California over teacher tenure laws. (AP Photo/Monica Almeida, Pool)
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Attorneys Theodore Boutrous, far right, and Marcellus McRae, second from right , take questions from the media, as they are joined by nine California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections, during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Superior court Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 downtown Los Angeles. Their case Vergara v. California is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Attorneys Theodore Boutrous, right at podium, and Marcellus McRae, left at podium, take questions from the media, and are joined by nine California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections, during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Superior court Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Los Angeles. Their case Vergara v. California is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Dr. John E. Deasy, the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District testifies Monday Jan. 27, 2014, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on the opening day of Vergara v. The State of California. The lawsuit was filed in May 2012 on behalf of nine public school students from across California over teacher tenure laws. (AP Photo/Monica Almeida, Pool)
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Attorneys Theodore Boutrous, second form 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 Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Los Angeles. Their case Vergara v. California is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Raylene Monterroza takes questions from the media, as she is joined by eight other California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections, during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 in Los Angeles. Their case Vergara v. California is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, looks on as Camden schools superintendent, Paymon Rouhanifard, addresses a gathering in Camden, N.J. Rouhanifard, 32, was put in charge of schools in impoverished Camden by Gov. Chris Christie, last August, after the state took over the district. On Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, Rouhanifard announced plans to open a residential public school for homeless and other high-risk children next year as part of the plan to improve education in a city that ranks among the poorest in the nation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Students walk between buildings on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill., on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The university decided to conduct classes despite bitter cold weather that left wind chills well below zero. Some other Illinois universities held classes Monday, too, but a few told students to stay home. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
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Students walk between buildings and wait for buses on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill., on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The university decided to conduct classes despite bitter cold weather that left wind chills well below zero. Some other Illinois universities held classes Monday, too, but a few told students to stay home. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
