Education

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A Los Angeles City firefighter assists one of eight people injured when a car sped onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside Main Street Elementary school, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. The crash occurred at 2:50 p.m., shortly after school had let out for the day, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Some of the people injured were children. (AP Photo/La Opinion, J. Emilio Flores)

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Students and supporters cheer President Barack Obama during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. ( AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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This booking photo made available by the Baltimore County Police Department shows Robert Wayne Gladden, Jr., 15, of Baltimore. Gladden, Jr. was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault in the shooting of a classmate on the first day of school at a Baltimore County high school. (Associated Press/Baltimore County Police Department)

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Centenary College Public Safety Officer Alvin Bush walks around the gym floor between beds for students from Dillard University, who are coming to the campus because of Tropical Storm Isaac heading towards New Orleans. Students were expected to arrive in Shreveport, La., by Monday night. (Associated Press)

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Students evacuate Perry Hall High School after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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A Baltimore County police officer speaks to a parent as students are evacuated from Perry Hall High School after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents and students try to reunite after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Becky Hobgood tries to locate her daughter after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Perry Hall High School. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents and students try to find each other after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Tracie Bradford, of Perry Hall, Md., consoles her daughter Leah, a student at Perry Hall High School who says she was in the school's cafeteria when a student was shot there and critically wounded on the first day of classes. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents wait to reunite with their children after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Dasha'nae Joyce (right) braids her best friend and fellow fifth-grader Tasia Bailey's hair at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District on the first day of school on Aug. 27, 2012.

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Fifth-grader Tywon Malcom (right) waits for his turn to ask a question during D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District on the first day of class on Aug. 27, 2012. The mayor, D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, and Department of General Services Director Brian Hanlon visited the school.