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Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Kechelle Settle, 8, right, and fellow Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Taylor Keys, 10, left, and Makayla Monk, 10, right, get a hug from third grade teacher Ms. Odem after the girls and other students with Savoy Elementary School perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** James Carter, 30, an unemployed teacher's aide from Largo, Md., gathers information from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center during the 2011 Career Fair at Prince George's Community College in Largo on Nov. 3, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Keith Brown is the new women's basketball coach at Georgetown University. (Georgetown University Athletics)
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Joe McDonald is a basketball player at George Washington University. (George Washington University Athletics)
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** FILE ** Voters cast their Election Day ballots on Nov. 6, 2012, in the cafeteria of Handley Elementary School in Saginaw, Mich. (Associated Press/The Saginaw News)
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Michael and Laura Macario [cq] and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Virginia Senate candidate George Allen and his wife Susan Allen vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., on November 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/ Special to The Washington Times)
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Virginia Senate candidate George Allen and his wife Susan Allen vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., on November 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/ Special to The Washington Times)
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Virginia Senate candidate George Allen greets voters as they wait in line to vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., on November 6, 2012. Allen was also there to vote with his wife Susan. (Eva Russo/ Special to The Washington Times)
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Just after 6am, voters make their way into the polling station at Washington Mill Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., on November 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/ Special to The Washington Times)
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Voters cast their ballots in the general election at the polls set up at Ridgecrest Elementary School, in Hyattsville, on Nov. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Senate candidate George Allen greets voters as they wait in line to vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on November 6, 2012. Allen was also there to vote with his wife Susan. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)
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Michael and Laura Macario and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)