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Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown wants to give top-rated teachers a $10,000 bonus and other incentives to work in low-performing schools. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien looks on from the bench in the second half of the game against Boston College in College Park, Md., on Oct. 29, 2011. O'Brien is likely to share snaps with C.J. Brown against Virginia on Saturday. (Associated Press)
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"It's Academic" host Mac McGarry, seen on set in April with students from Bethesda's Walter Johnson High School, hosted the Washington-based quiz show for 50 years, asking more than 200,000 questions before his retirement was announced Wednesday. (NBC4)
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Students at Carmody Middle School in Lakewood, Colo., head for waiting buses after school on Oct. 28, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa, earlier this month. He casts himself as a job creator.
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Maryland running back Justus Pickett (44) is tackled by Boston College defenders in College Park, Md., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Boston College running back Andre Williams, top center, celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown in the first half against Maryland in College Park, Md., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Myrtilla Miner Elementary School students wave the Swedish national flag as they await for the arrival of H.R.H. Prince Daniel of Sweden for his visit to Myrtilla Miner Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Myrtilla Miner Elementary School student London Gray, 5, tries out some traditional Swedish food in the cafeteria as H.R.H. Prince Daniel of Sweden makes a visit to Myrtilla Miner Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden along with the D.C. Public Schools Office of Food & Nutrition Services, the Office of Secretary for the District of Columbia and the DC Embassy Adoption Program, bring Nordic food to all 45,000 D.C. Public School students at 125 schools. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Israel Walston, 5, tries some traditional Swedish food in the cafeteria of Miner Elementary School during Prince Daniel of Sweden's visit. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama speaks to students and faculty at the Auraria Events Center at the University of Colorado at Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Louisiana State University students Mark Nehlig (left) and Brian Sain lift a coffin representing education on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., in November 2010, after after a rally to protest cuts to higher education. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that he wants to end federal student loans, calling it a failed program that has put students in debt when there are no jobs and when the quality of education has deteriorated. As president, he said he would eliminate five federal agencies. (NBC via Associated Press)
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"From the police's point of view, they need to be as neutral as possible." Tristram Lawson, South Australia, IT education, 29
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Thousands of high school students and citizens march in the streets of Ankara, the Turkish capital, on Thursday to denounce the killing of 24 soldiers by Kurdish rebels as the military pressed ahead with its air and ground offensive against the insurgents across the Iraqi border. (Associated Press)
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Maryland's Sean Mosley hangs on the rim during the NCAA college basketball Midnight Madness festivities Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, speaks during a discussion by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of legislation for the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, introduced the amendment to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from limiting potatoes or other vegetables in school lunches. She cited additional costs on school districts that would result. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama speaks Oct. 17, 2011, at West Wilkes High School in Millers Creek, N.C., where his three-day bus tour promoting the American Jobs Act made a stop. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Students at Northeast Elementary Magnet School in Danville, Ill., enjoy the playground during a physical education class. (Associated Press)
