Education

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns at D’Evelyn High School in Denver on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Chicago teachers and their supporters rallied as Mayor Rahm Emanuel sought a compromise. Though the union didn’t win everything it wanted, the battle has encouraged teachers unions to hold workshops and town halls in other cities. (Associated Press)

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Kountze High School cheerleader Brooke Coates writes Scripture verses on a vehicle. The southeast Texas community is backing cheerleaders after they were told not to use Scripture verses on their banners at football games. The court has intervened in the issue of religion in public schools. (Associated Press)

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North Carolina Central University student Aaliyah McMillan (center) cheers for first lady Michelle Obama as she speaks at the Durham, N.C., school on Sept. 19, 2012. (Associated Press/The News & Observer, Takaaki Iwabu)

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Students walk through the gates outside Benjamin E. Mays Academy in Chicago on Sept. 19, 2012, after city teachers voted the previous day to suspend their first strike in 25 years. (Associated Press)

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Campus supervisor Jerome Castaneda monitors the parking lot following dismissal at Arroyo Seco Junior High School in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Eric Yee, accused of posting comments on ESPN's website saying he was watching kids and wouldn't mind killing them, is in jail on $1 million bail after he was arrested at his home near the school for investigation of making terrorist threats, authorities said. (AP Photo/Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Jonathan Pobre)