Education

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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)

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Boston College's Kristen Doherty, right, looks to pass under pressure from Maryland's Lynetta Kizer in the first half of an NCAA basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in College Park, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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Vivan Perez dishes out fruit for lunch at Kepner Middle School in Denver. The Colorado General Assembly is considering the nation's toughest ban on unhealthy fats that would apply to food served in school and after school. (Associated Press)

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In this undated photo, North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Compared with his father, who preceded him as president, Mr. Kim is less aloof and more outgoing. (Associated Press)

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Students are escorted to the bus Tuesday as they leave Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

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Bail for former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, who has been charged in a molestation case, was raised Wednesday to $23 million. (Associated Press)

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Bernard Goldstein, professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, testifies Feb. 1, 2012, before the Energy and Environment Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building in D.C., about the EPA's approach to ground-water research in Pavillion, Wyo. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama greets supporters after his speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Michigan's Al Glick Field House, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Maryland forward Ashton Pankey has decided to leave the school for family reasons. (Associated Press)

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A Tyler Elementary School student holds a program for a young artists exhibition at the Phillips Collection. The gallery shows D.C. students' artwork in its new wing. (James R. Brantley/Special to The Washington Times)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has a 51 percent approval rating, according to a Marquette University Law School poll, as he faces a recall effort. (Associated Press)

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Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos is driving the Greyhounds toward just their second 20-win season in school history. Backed by the 3-point shooting of Robert Olson (below), Loyola is 14-5, 7-2 in the Metro Atlantic. (Loyola University)

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Tom Luna, the state superintendent for Idaho, had his truck vandalized after the state's Legislature ended "continuing contracts" for new teachers and said performance, not seniority, would determine layoffs. Many states are moving to weaken tenure rights for teachers. (Associated Press)

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Penn State fan Maria Meyer attaches a set of rosary beads to a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus after learning of his death on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in State College,Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2009 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno shouts before an NCAA college football game against Temple in State College, Pa. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, Paterno, thewinningest coach in major college football, has died. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)