Education

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**File** Harvard President Drew Faust (left) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield speak at a news conference in Cambridge, Mass, May, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks April 27, 2012, to students during a roundtable discussion at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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A woman leaves a banner after an April 29, 2012, demonstration against education and health care spending cuts in Madrid. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this April 22, 2012, file photo, Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets vaccinations at the doctor's office in Berlin, Vt., although the state continues to be embroiled in a debate about continuing to allowing parents to have their children skip the immunizations required for most to attend school. (Associated Press)

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When Joe Nelson asked his girlfriend, Rebecca Leet, to the Collierville (Tenn.) High School prom, he got down on one knee and gave her a ring — onstage in front of the audience that had just watched a school play on which both had worked. (Associated Press)

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"Martha Stewart's Cooking School," described as a culinary master class, will air weekly on PBS starting this fall. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Martina Ryberg (right) of Plymouth State University talks April 4, 2012, with Tara Rossetti of On Call International during a job fair for college students in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent C. Gray answer questions Wednesday about the five goals in their five-year plan to aggressively rebuild the District's public school system. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Classes for students at Gerezani Secondary School, and at other secondary schools in Tanzania, are taught only in English. Some students struggle with the language since it is spoken in relatively few homes, but English remains an official language, along with Kiswahili, one of 120 local languages. (Anna Patton/Special to The Washington Times)

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A memorial for Joanna Ramos, 10, stands outside Willard Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif. Joanna died in February after a confrontation with another girl, 11.