Education

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Photo by Angie Seckinger Marika Meyer of Marika Meyer Interiors in the District, suggests using fabric or wallpaper in the back of a bookcase to add interest.

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Sen. Jack Reed (left), Rhode Island Democrat, and Sen. Tom Harkin (center), Iowa Democrat, meet on Capitol Hill on Wednesday with college interns as they call for action on averting a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for students. More than 30 million Americans are repaying student loans. (Associated Press)

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Keli Smith Puzo during the Women's National Championships of U.S.A. Field Hockey, College Park, Md. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** North Korean students who were selected as delegates to the Korean Children's Union pay their respects in front of bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

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Students walk outside St. George's School after a human foot was delivered to the school earlier in the day in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 5, 2012. A human hand was also delivered to another Vancouver school that day. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press)

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Students with the British School of Washington get British flag fake tattoos during the school's "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of 60 years that the queen has been ruling. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Karen Pena, a history teacher with the The British School of Washington, wears hearts made out of the British flag on her head during the school's "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Students with the British School of Washington sign a banner to Queen Elizabeth II during the school's "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The British School of Washington's first grade teacher Karen Pena, left, wears a cut out of Queen Elizabeth II on her head as she shakes hands with students during their "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Students with the British School of Washington check out tiny cut outs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on a cake during the school's "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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British School of Washington Pre-K students sit down to eat cake near bouquets of flowers the students helped make which will go out to retirement homes as part of a "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Students at the the British School of Washington walk past a life sized cut out of Queen Elizabeth II as the school, along with the British Embassy, host a "Big Picnic Lunch" in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of 60 years that the queen has been ruling. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Atif Zarka, 64, a volunteer teacher's assistant, plays the violin for fourth-grade students studying Aramaic in the Arab village of Jish in northern Israel. Mr. Zarka (below) holds the Gospel of Luke written in Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke, which dominated the region 2,000 years ago. (Associated Press)