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Illustration on protecting freedom of thought and speech on college campuses by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, gave a stern warning to cadets and cadet candidates on Thursday after racial slurs were discovered at the Preparatory School. (YouTube/@USAFAOfficial)
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D.C. high school students take photos in front of a "Sex is..." campaign as part of the Department of Health's initiative to promote safe sex and open conversation about pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS. (By Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)
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University of California, Riverside student Edith Macias is caught on film stealing a man's "Make America Great Again" hat and telling school officials that "f-ing freedom of speech is genocide." The video was sent to the educational watchdog Campus Reform on Sept. 28, 2017. (Image: YouTube, Campus Reform) ** FILE **
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Hugh Hefner turns pages in the 1943 yearbook for Chicagos Steinmetz High School, where he visited in a nostalgic return to his alma mater, Monday, Sept. 10, 1985, Chicago, Ill. Founder of Playboy Magazine; Hefner was in the class of 43 at Steinmetz. (AP Photo/John Swart)
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"This was a referendum, straight up, on Mitch McConnell," said Noel Fritsch, a GOP operative. Mr. McConnell supported Sen. Luther Strange.
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Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the rise of materialism and anti-religious bigotry on Capitol Hill by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Mesa Public Schools in Arizona says one of its teachers broke school policy when she reportedly had her class recite an altered version of the Declaration of Independence. (ABC 15)
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After completing treatment for substance abuse, many teenagers choose to stay at recovery high schools, a study finds. (Associated Press/File)
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Then-first lady Barbara Bush and then-Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft attend a "Parents as Teachers" event in Florissant, Missouri, where Mrs. Bush reads to the children. (National Archives)
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Illustration on changing bad influences on the U.N. by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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A teacher at Oak Pointe Elementary in Irmo, South Carolina, has been placed on administrative leave after giving students an assignment asking them to put themselves in the shoes of a Ku Klux Klan member and defend his or her treatment of black people after the Civil War. (WACH)
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Lipscomb University President Randy Lowry issued an apology Friday after cotton stalk centerpieces at a dinner for black students at his home were considered racist. (Instagram/@nakaylayvonne)
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Students walk in downtown Oberlin on March 5, 2013 in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Lyn Orletsky, a teacher of five years at River Ridge High School in Woodstock, Georgia, who was yanked from the classroom after comparing President Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" to a swastika, is speaking out for the first time since video of the exchange went viral.
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Mike Isaacson, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has outraged New York City's largest police union with his recent tweet regarding the "privilege to teach future dead cops." (Image: Fox News Channel screenshot)
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Alex Libby, one of the subjects of the documentary film "Bully" poses for photographers at a premiere in Los Angeles, on March 26, 2012. The film is about bullying in U.S. schools. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)
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A teacher at East Middle School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is on administrative leave after she was accused of "violently" snatching 6th-grader Stone Chaney (pictured here) out of his seat because he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. (WXYZ)
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Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California, is warning students that there's a time and place for them to chant "USA," and that sporting events might not be the appropriate venue because it could send an "unintended message" to opponents. (CBS13)
