Education

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President Obama speaks Aug. 22, 2012, during a campaign event at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, Nev. (Associated Press)

The Louisa County High School marching band warms up before practice outside their closed school building that sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe as a result of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit near, Mineral, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Demolition on the school began just two days before the one year anniversary of the earthquake. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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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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Louisa County High School students walk to dozens of trailers used to learn since their school building sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe as a result of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit in August of last year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Louisa County High School students, who have been moved into dozens of trailers, make their way to buses Aug. 21, 2012, at the end of the day outside their closed school building (left). The building sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit nearby Mineral, Va., a year earlier. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Louisa County High School students have been attending classes in dozens of trailers because their building, which sustained massive structural damage in the earthquake, was deemed unsafe. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Louisa County High School students have been attending classes in dozens of trailers since their building sustained structural damage during the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Mineral, Va., last August. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President Obama gestures Aug. 22, 2012, as he is interrupted by a protester during a campaign event at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, Nev. (Associated Press)

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President Obama talks with Lori Elizabeth Henrickson, an earth science teacher at Del Webb Middle School, as he visits with teachers at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, Nev., on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Terrapins quarterback Perry Hills (11) scrambles from the pocket during the Terrapins football practice at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Thursday, August 16, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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This photo combo shows (from left) entertainer Justin Bieber, an iPhone, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. This year's Beloit College Mindset List, a nonscientific compilation, is meant to remind teachers that college freshmen, born mostly in 1994, see the world in a much different way. (Associated Press)

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In this Aug. 7, 2012 photo, Phillip Covington, right, talks with his son Giovanni as he works on a mathematics lesson in the library of Todd Academy in Indianapolis. Struggling Indiana public school districts are buying billboard space, airing radio ads and even sending principals door-to-door in an unusual marketing campaign aimed at persuading parents not to move their children to private schools as the nation's largest voucher program doubles in size. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)