Education

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Retired Air Force Col. Jerry LeMieux, founder of the Unmanned Vehicle University, is waiting for FAA certification so graduates will be fully licensed by the federal government to operate drones. The university teaches a variety of subjects online, including vehicle design and system fundamentals. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

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Seventh-graders settle in for class at Greenbelt Middle School, in Greenbelt, Prince George’s County. The county school system allows the use of iPads and cellphones for instructional purposes as do other school systems in the D.C. area. Below, an iPhone. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Noah Yosif, 17, gets help moving to his dorm room from his parents, Benjamin Yosif and Reshma Ahmed, a day before the official move-in day for students at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. At top area colleges, applications for admission are actually up, despite economic stagnation at the national level. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Meghan and Denis O’Meara grab stuff off the roof of their car as they move their daughter into her dorm at American University in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Students move in to Anderson and Centennial halls at American on Thursday. American is one of several schools that has more incoming freshman than available dorm space. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Students move in to Anderson and Centennial halls at American University in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. According to some reports, this is one of several schools in the nation that has more incoming freshman than available dorm space. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The College Park Aviation Museum will host a kite-building workshop Saturday. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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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)

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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)