Education

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Casino dealers in training are given hands-on guidance by instructors at a training session for prospective casino dealers hosted by Maryland Live Casino in Glen Burnie, Md. Casino officials interviewed more than 5,000 job applicants, and about 840 of them were invited to attend the class. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mel Lorton practices how to properly run a game during training for those seeking jobs as casino dealers at Maryland Live Casino. The training school is in a store at the Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Md. The school is just one step in the selection process. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Emergency personnel attend to an unidentified person at Lone Star College on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston. Law enforcement officials say the community college is locked down amid reports of a shooter on campus. (AP Photo/Courtesy of KPRC-TV)

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In this frame grab provided by KPRC Houston, an unidentified person is transported by emergency personnel at Lone Star College on Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston, where law enforcement officials say the community college is on lockdown amid reports of a shooter on campus. (Associated Press/Courtesy KPRC TV)

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"If you drop out of high school, how many good jobs are there out there for you? None. That wasn't true 10 or 15 years ago," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said while discussing the national increase in high school graduation rates. (Associated Press)

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The president needs these for his State of the Union address. (Illustration by Dana Summers for the Orlando Sentinel)

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Students walk across the Dartmouth College campus green in Hanover, N.H., in March 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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A woman takes her children by taxi to Public School 33 in New York on Wednesday as more than 8,000 school bus drivers and aides go on strike over job protection. Children who rely on the buses include 54,000 special education students and others who live far from schools or transportation. (Associated Press)