Education

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A large group of teachers marches past John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

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Robert Ross, 32, a full-time clerk and a leader in the seminary training program, plays guitar during services at the California Rehabilitative Center chapel in Norco, Calif. The program is being introduced in other prisons.

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**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks Aug. 7, 2012, to educators in the board room of the Federal Reserve in Washington during a town hall meeting. (Associated Press)

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Thousands of teachers rally for the second consecutive day outside the Chicago Board of Education headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

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Carmen Brownlee (left) and Latonya Williams, parents of Chicago public school students, walk a picket line with striking teachers Tuesday. The teachers union said it had signed off on just six of 48 articles in the contract under negotiation. Issues in the bitter dispute include teacher evaluations and job security. (Associated Press)

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Jamie Kuntz poses for a photograph at a football field in Dickinson, N.D., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Kuntz says he was kicked of the North Dakota State College of Science football team for being gay. School officials say he was dismissed from the team for lying to a coach. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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FILE - In Feb. 10, 2012, file photo, Harvard's Kyle Casey (30) celebrates after he scored against Penn in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Philadelphia. Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports. Sports Illustrated and the Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday that Casey, a senior, would withdraw in an attempt to preserve a year of eligibility once the issue is resolved. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr, File)