Education

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Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai, 15, recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being attacked and shot in the head Oct. 9, 2012, by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. (Associated Press/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)

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Pakistani students hold pictures of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban, during a protest on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Religious Freedom by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Assistant project manager Brandon Chambers watches as demolition begins on Louisa County High School two days before the one year anniversary of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit near Mineral, Va., causing millions of dollars worth of damage and was felt in nearly every state along the east coast, Mineral, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The school sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe, forcing all their students to move into nearby trailers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Seventh graders Jack Dooley, 12, Alex Letchworth, 12, and Scott Browoning, 13, and their fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Seventh grader Miguel Ortega, 12, right, and his fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A students hands can be seen holding onto a desk as seventh graders at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Geological Survey Director Marcia McNutt speaks to Langston Hughes Middle School about her job and the roll her organization has with earthquakes following the school's participation in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Seventh graders Ambika Minocha, 12, Alex Letchworth, 12, and Scott Browoning, 13, and their fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In a March 10, 2008 file photo, Crane Tech High School students Corey Woods and Brittney Waters comfort each other at the school during a memorial for student Ruben Ivy, 18, who was killed outside the Chicago school March 7. Officials initiated a program to escort students to and from a nearby public housing complex after more than 100 simply stopped coming to class for fear of retaliation after a reputed gang member from the complex shot and killed Ivy. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

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A protestor dramatizes his college loan debt in Washington in 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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** FILE ** The cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School use their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Kountze, Texas. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Randy Edwards)

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Cheerleaders at Kountze High School in Kountze, Texas, in September were told by district officials to stop using Bible verses at football games after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, that he will defend the cheerleaders. (Beaumont Enterprise via Associated Press)

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Richard Lee Norris, in a prom photo, is a Virginia man who got the most extensive face transplant to date at the University of Maryland Medical Center. (University of Maryland Medical System)