Education

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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

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)

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2. Friday Night Lights (2004) directed by Peter Berg, 'documented' the coach and players of a high school football team in the Texas city of Odessa that supported and was obsessed with them. The book on which it was based, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990) by H. G. Bissinger, followed the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team as they made a run towards the state championship. A television series of the same name premiered on October 3, 2006 on NBC. The film won the Best Sports Movie ESPY Award and was ranked number 37 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Best High School Movies

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Signs have been posted at the University of California, Berkeley, campus calling for a protest Thursday against right-wing speaker Ben Shapiro. The university will seal off large parts of its campus with a closed perimeter and a "very large" visible police presence. (Associated Press)

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A teacher at River Ridge High School in Woodstock, Georgia, has been pulled from the classroom after a video showing her comparing President Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" to a swastika went viral. (Facebook/@Turning Point News)