Education

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Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Authorities opened the streets around the school, which had been closed since a mass shooting on Wednesday. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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New D.C. schools Chancellor Amanda Alexander told lawmakers on Thursday that she already has directed the troubled school system to release timely performance information in order to not repeat the grade-inflation scandal that erupted last year. (Courtesy of ABC7).

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Three students from Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, Maryland pose for photos in the interview room at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on March 1, 2018. The stadium is set up for the NHL Stadium Series game March 3 between the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

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Maya Morales, 15, holds a sign during a walkout and demonstration for gun control at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas, on Friday Feb. 23, 2018. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Madison Flores, 17, middle, participates in a walkout and demonstration for gun control at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas, on Friday Feb. 23, 2018. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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(Image: Screen grab from Brown University website)

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Illustration on school safety by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 photo, Euless Trinity's Mack Beggs, top, wrestles Lewisville's Elyse Nelson in the second round of the 110-pound girls division during the 6A Region II wrestling meet at Allen High School in Allen, Texas, Beggs, a senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas is transgender and in the process of transitioning from female to male. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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Madison Flores, 17, middle, participates in a walkout and demonstration for gun control at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas, on Friday Feb. 23, 2018. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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In this Feb. 24, 2018 photo, the main entrance of Dalton High School is shown, in Dalton, Ga. Police in Georgia say officers are responding to reports of shots fired at the high school and a teacher who may have been barricaded in a classroom is in custody. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin)

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A student at Island Park High School in Fort Myers, Florida, was suspended Friday after he used his hands to imitate a gun and pretended to shoot another classmate, the school's principal said. (FOX 4)

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Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Authorities opened the streets around the school, which had been closed since a mass shooting on Wednesday. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Illustration calling for elimination of school gun-free zones by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Madison High School football players run sprints during a half pad practice on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, in Vienna, Va. It's that time of year: Kids hit the ball fields running, and often hobble or are carried off. Back to school means back to organized sports for more than 30 million children and teenagers, and roughly 2.6 million emergency-room visits during the year for resulting injuries. Basketball, football and soccer lead the list of injury-prone team sports. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)