Education

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Students return for their first day of classes at Barwell Road Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday. Monday was the first day of school for 26,000 kids on a year-round calendar in the Wake County, N.C., public school system. (Associated Press)

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James Ammons, the president of Florida A&M University, will step down from his position at the school. His resignation takes effect on Oct. 11. (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse. A report by former FBI director Louis Freeh due Thursday may not bode well for former school administrators. (Associated Press)

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Illustration College Debt by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman is silhouetted by a star-filled night sky after taking part in a night ambush exercise. Women have been allowed to go to the Army's sapper school since 1999. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The Sapper candidates navigate a firefight on a mission, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A man plays the part of the enemy as the Sapper candidates navigate a firefight on a mission, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidates and Army Captains Aston Armstrong (left) and Stephanie Godman (right) hug, cry and laugh after learning they both made the cut at the conclusion of the grueling of Sapper School training course at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Army Sgt. First Class Troy Winters, Sapper Leader Course Chief Instructor (left) reads off the names of those candidates and whether or not they will make the cut and graduate or have to re-take parts o the course, at the conclusion of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The women's latrine is marked by a makeshift sign on the door a day after Sapper School training ended for the candidates at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Thursday, June 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Singer Susan Boyle received an honorary doctorate on Friday from Scotland's Queen Margaret University in recognition of her "contribution to the creative industries." (Associated Press)

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Viola LaFontaine, the school superintendent in Williston, N.D., points to a list of vacant positions at McVay Elementary School. The cost of living has skyrocketed in Williston after an oil boom but pay for teachers hasn't kept up. (Willingston Herald via Associated Press)

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In this Thursday, July 5, 2012, photo, Afghan students are seen during passing their midyear school examinations at the Mirbachakot high school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan will seek at least $4 billion from international donors this weekend at a crucial aid conference aimed at propping up the country after most foreign combat troops leave at the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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President Obama greets the crowd after speaking at Dobbins Elementary School in Poland, Ohio, on July 6, 2012, during a two-day bus trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)