Education

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Joe McHugh, teacher of Kaplan, a test-prep school, left, speaks during a Test of English as a Foreign Language, TOEFL, class at the school in Boston, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, as his student Merve Hatiboglu of Turkey, right, listens. The TOEFL test is getting a major makeover, far more substantial than the recent changes to the SAT. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

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Illustration on closing of the mind on campus by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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In this Nov. 18, 2008, file photo, Sidwell Friends School is seen in northwest Washington. The exclusive private school was attended by President Barack Obama's daughters. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

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A substitute teacher has been banned this week from an Oregon school district for reportedly telling 5th-grader Steven Zendejas to "go back to Mexico." (KATU 2)

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William McLeod, a fourth grader at Valley View Elementary School in Bountiful, Utah, said his teacher forced him to wash the cross marking Ash Wednesday off of his forehead. (FOX 13)

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Socialism has a sexier dynamic these days notes a New York Magazine essay, which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's rise and other factors. (Associated Press)

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George Washington High School in east Denver (Wikipedia)

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Administrators at the University of California, Davis, have condemned past remarks by professor Joshua Clover after comments he made about killing police officers were resurfaced by the school's student newspaper. (CBS 13)

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A student at Edmond Santa Fe High School in Oklahoma is facing a potential criminal charge after video showed him knocking a "Make America Great Again" hat off another student's head. (KFOR-TV)

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In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. In the track-and-field community in Connecticut, the dominance of Miller and Yearwood has stirred resentment among some competitors and their families. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

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Illustration on women running for president by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Coaches at Tremper High School in the Kenosha Unified School District give out awards each year recognizing the most improved or hardest-working cheerleaders. (AP Photo file) **FILE**

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An image of "Pepe," a cartoon frog, prompted officials at Folsom Lake College in California to call the police and conduct a "sweep" of the campus in February 2019. (Image: Campus Reform)

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Demonstrators protest in downtown Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. A North Carolina student suspended for using the term "illegal aliens" in class has sued the school district, saying he was bullied and ostracized after being falsely "branded as a racist." (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

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Education Choices Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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In this file photo from May 2016, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., then the ranking member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Now serving as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, Mr. Scott introduced a plan on Oct. 15, 2019, that he says will lower college costs for students and families, and open up better refinancing options for those currently paying back their student loans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**