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**FILE** People walk on the campus at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on Feb. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Students try samples of AeroShot, an inhalable caffeine, from a lipstick-sized canister on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston. The FDA will review the safety and legality of the advertised dietary supplement. (Associated Press)
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Maryland guard Terrell Stoglin shoots over Boston College guard Jordan Daniels in the first half of Maryland's 81-65 home win on Feb. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this May 2, 2008, file photo, Moshe Kai Cavalin, 10, strikes a martial arts position at his home studio in Downey, Calif. At age 11, Cavalin became the youngest person ever to earn an Associate in Arts degree from East Los Angeles College and now, at 14, is poised to graduate with honors from UCLA later this year. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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President Barack Obama speaks about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Obama speaks Feb. 13, 2012, about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien looks on from the bench Oct. 29, 2011, during the second half of Boston College's 28-17 win over the Terps in College Park, Md. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Feb. 13, 2012, about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (Associated Press)
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Students change classes on Dec. 8, 2010, at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Ashley Villatoro (left) holds a poster showing former teacher Martin B. Springer as students arrive at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on Thursday. Children return to the school where the entire staff has been replaced. (Associated Press)
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An adult accompanies two students into Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on Thursday. Children come back to the elementary school where the entire staff has been replaced after the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class. (Associated Press)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Los Angeles Unified School District administrators, counselors and new teachers gather Feb. 8, 2012, at the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles. Allegations of teacher lewd behavior comes as school district administrators move to replace the entire staff at the school while two teachers arrested last week are investigated. (Associated Press)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, says President Obama must be ousted in the next election because of government overreach, such as in higher education. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray gets a thumbs-up from D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson as he arrives to deliver the 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Parents bring their children to school as others protest outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the school, which has been rocked by abuse allegations. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies stand outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks Monday at Florida State University in Tallahassee in support of the Obama administration's proposal to cap college tuition. (Associated Press)
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Teacher Nancy Henderson instructs students about fruit snacks during a lesson in healthy eating at Northeast Elementary School, in Danville, Ill. Northeast offers no junk food for sale to its students, but a new study found that almost half the nation's elementary schools do provide it. (Associated Press)
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This 2003 photo provided by Flor Cervantes shows her sister, Angelica Zuniga, then a third-grader, with former Miramontes Elementary teacher Mark Berndt at the school in Los Angeles. Angelica Zuniga, 16, now a high school junior, said Berndt, who is suspected of taking bondage-style photographs of children in his class, never asked her or others to do anything strange or to play any inappropriate games. (Associated Press)
