Education

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**FILE** Horizon High School seniors Daniel Odom and Sydney Priest leave the gym May 23, 2012, before their graduation in Decatur, Ala. (Associated Press/The Decatur Daily)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a forum with students at the Royal Library in Copenhagen on Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

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Rep. David Rivera, Florida Republican, has introduced a bill to help good students who were brought to the U.S. as children by illegal immigrants and, through no fault of their own, could be deported. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Undocumented college student Jorge Herrera, 18, (center) of Carson, Calif., rallies with students and Dream Act supporters in Los Angeles on Dec. 25, 2010. The Dream Act would have given provisional legal status to illegal immigrants brought to the country as children. (Associated Press)

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From left, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro and Education Secretary Arne Duncan participate in a roundtable discussion on education reform at Jepson School in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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R.O.T.C students unfurl a large American flag at the start of the Memorial Day Parade on Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 28, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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"We do not seek to impose our religious beliefs on others. We simply ask that the government not impose its values on the university when those values conflict with our religious teachings. We have engaged in conversations to find a resolution that respects the consciences of all, and we will continue to do so." - The Rev. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, May 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Salina Beattie display work they did together in a sixth grade language arts class during Mr. Romney's visit to Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philadelphia, Pa. His statement that "just getting smaller classrooms didn't seem to be the key" to improving education was challenged. (Associated Press)

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T.J. Lane, 17, appears in Geauga County Juvenile Court in Chardon, Ohio, on Thursday, May 24, 2012. The high schooler is charged in the Feb. 27 Chardon High School rampage that left three students dead and two students seriously wounded. (Associated Press)