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Kindergarten students learn about the life and death of fish at the Blue School in New York. The children developed a curiosity toward the subject after fish in a classroom aquarium died during winter vacation. (Associated Press)
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First-grade students learn sign language at the Blue School, which allows children to play a role in choosing their curriculum. (Associated Press)
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Black light illuminates a hallway at the Blue School in New York. The private school was founded by members of the Blue Man Group so they could have a school creative enough for their own children. (Associated Press)
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In this March 31, 2011 photo, first-graders learn sign language at the Blue School in New York. The private preschool and elementary school was founded by original members of the Blue Man Group so they could send their own children to a school that was creative enough for them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this March 31, 2011 photo, a teacher leads her students in a discussion of artwork illuminated by ultraviolet lamps in a hallway of the Blue School, in New York. The private preschool and elementary school was founded by original members of the Blue Man Group so they could send their own children to a school that was creative enough for them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
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From left, Janet Barresi, Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction; Gary Amoroso, Lakeville, Minn., schools superintendent; Yohance Maqubela, CFO of Howard University Middle School of Math and Science; and Terry Grier, superintendent of Houston Independent School District, testify Thursday before a House panel on education reform. Mr. Grier said that lawmakers must find a "careful blend of accountability with flexibility" in those reforms. (Associated Press)
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New York City Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott answers reporters' questions Thursday after he was hastily appointed to the position of schools chancellor by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Initial reaction to Mr. Walcott, who attended the city's public schools in his youth, was largely positive. Mr. Walcott's predecessor lasted fewer than 100 days before she was forced out. (Associated Press)
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A woman reacts outside a school after a shooting at the school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, April 7, 2011. Brazilian authorities say that a gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro and at least 13 people are dead, including the gunman. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi gave some advice to students at Rutgers: "Study hard, but party harder." (Associated Press)
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Butler students Margaret Seitz, left, and Chelsea Clevenger react to a Butler score, while watching the broadcast of Butler playing Connecticut in the NCAA Final Four basketball championship game at a viewing party at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Monday, April 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)
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Connecticut students celebrate in Storrs, Conn., after UConn beat Butler 53-41 in Houston in the championship game of the NCAA college basketball tournament Final Four, Monday, April 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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"Any reduction to the Pell program would come at a much higher cost for our country down the road," said Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, admitting "tough budget decisions" are ahead. Education Secretary Arne Duncan projected that the Pell Grant program that helps low-income students afford college could face a $20 billion shortfall in 2012. (Associated Press)
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Chinese student Minzhe Zou answers a question in statistics class at Orono High School in Orono, Maine. (Associated Press)
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With Mount Katahdin rising in the background, a school bus makes its rounds in Millinocket, Maine, in 2011. The town's public high school is touting its natural resources in an effort to offset a dwindling population by recruiting foreign students. (Associated Press)
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NFL Vice President and former NFL player Troy Vincent, Sr. speaks to students about the dangers of steroid use as Congressman Elijah Cummings, D-Md center,, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell applaud Monday, April 4, 2011 at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, is chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (Associated Press)
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Former University of Houston basketball coach Guy V. Lewis listens as former player Clyde Drexler speaks during a reception held in his honor, Friday, April 1, 2011, at the school in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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"The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research" provides findings from studies on terrorism and counterterrorism.
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Visitors at the American Museum of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge, Tenn., read text about the communities that were displaced to make way for the Manhattan Project. (Associated Press/American Museum of Science & Energy)
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Virginia Commonwealth University Rams head coach Shaka Smart (left) is greeted by VCU President Michael Rao (right) as he makes his way to the team bus for the VCU men's basketball team's departure from the Richmond campus on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, en route to the school's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four. VCU plays Butler University on Saturday evening in Houston. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
