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Dozens of students at Cliffside Park High School in north New Jersey walked out of classes Monday morning to protest a video showing a teacher apparently scolding Spanish-speaking students. (PIX 11)

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Hillcrest Elementary School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is banning children from wearing Halloween costumes during their annual fall parade on Oct. 31, instead instituting "Hat Day" so that all children of different religious and economic backgrounds can participate. (WTMJ)

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University Snowflake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Margaret Cho. (Albert Sanchez)

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Las Positas College in Livermore, California, was placed on lockdown this week after a reported rifle on campus turned out to be a large, blue and orange Nerf gun. (CBS SF)

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Maryland government leaders and University of Maryland officials hold a banner bearing the $219,486,000 investment announced by the A. James Clark Foundation in a ceremony on Oct. 4, 2017 at the school's College Park campus. (Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)

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Religion symbols (SPONSORED)

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Illustration on protecting freedom of thought and speech on college campuses by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, gave a stern warning to cadets and cadet candidates on Thursday after racial slurs were discovered at the Preparatory School. (YouTube/@USAFAOfficial)

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D.C. high school students take photos in front of a "Sex is..." campaign as part of the Department of Health's initiative to promote safe sex and open conversation about pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS. (By Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)

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University of California, Riverside student Edith Macias is caught on film stealing a man's "Make America Great Again" hat and telling school officials that "f-ing freedom of speech is genocide." The video was sent to the educational watchdog Campus Reform on Sept. 28, 2017. (Image: YouTube, Campus Reform) ** FILE **

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Hugh Hefner turns pages in the 1943 yearbook for Chicagos Steinmetz High School, where he visited in a nostalgic return to his alma mater, Monday, Sept. 10, 1985, Chicago, Ill. Founder of Playboy Magazine; Hefner was in the class of 43 at Steinmetz. (AP Photo/John Swart)

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"This was a referendum, straight up, on Mitch McConnell," said Noel Fritsch, a GOP operative. Mr. McConnell supported Sen. Luther Strange.

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Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the rise of materialism and anti-religious bigotry on Capitol Hill by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Mesa Public Schools in Arizona says one of its teachers broke school policy when she reportedly had her class recite an altered version of the Declaration of Independence. (ABC 15)

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After completing treatment for substance abuse, many teenagers choose to stay at recovery high schools, a study finds. (Associated Press/File)

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Then-first lady Barbara Bush and then-Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft attend a "Parents as Teachers" event in Florissant, Missouri, where Mrs. Bush reads to the children. (National Archives)

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Illustration on changing bad influences on the U.N. by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times