Education

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The ceremony also drew a crowd of protesters to the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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Ohio State students walk past the main library while it is closed because of a bomb threat at Ohio State University Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES LaVonne Abney shows a citizenship award from Ballou Stay Senior High School that her dead son, Chicquelo, earned there. Though Chicquelo had graduated from Canyon State Academy, handled living in a group home and took night classes at Ballou, he still faced a major challenge of living in a violent, drug-plagued neighborhood.

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Actress Sally Field poses outside the Sally Field Performing Arts Center at Birmingham High School Friday Nov. 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. Field graduated from Birmingham H.S. in 1964 and was a cheerleader. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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This undated photo provided by the University of Connecticut shows former football player D.J. Hernandez. Officials at Manchester, Conn. high school have filed a formal protest alleging Hernandez, an opposing football coach for Southington, Conn. high school, cheated by using a play list that had been lost by the Manchester quarterback during their game. (AP Photo/ University of Connecticut)

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** FILE ** Maryland's Jordan Williams (20) dunks against Seattle's Chad Rasmussen (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in College Park, Md. Also seen is Maryland's Pe'Shon Howard (21). (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this March 22, 2010 file photograph, Itawamba County Agricultural High School senior Constance McMillen, gestures as she leaves the federal courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss., following a hearing regarding the ACLU's preliminary injunction to force the prom at her high school. McMillen's fight against intolerance is a reason Glamour magazine has named her as one of its "Women of the year 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance with students as they celebrate Diwali, an Indian festival, during a visit to Holy Name High School in Mumbai on Sunday. After India, they will move on to Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. (Associated Press)

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Under a new system being tested in 19 states, video of student teachers in their classroom will be evaluated and candidates must show they can prepare a lesson, tailor it to different levels of students and present it effectively. (Associated Press)

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Professor Susan Gibbs Goetz (left) videotapes Jasmine Zeppa, a St. Catherine University student and an aspiring teacher, during a science lesson at Crossroads Elementary in St. Paul, Minn. Miss Zeppa tries to hold her students' attention by focusing on some water taken from a nearby pond. (Associated Press)

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Morgan Griffith, Republican congressional candidate (center), greets a voter Tuesday morning at Van Pelt Elementary School in Bristol, Va.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Poll worker Wendy Wurlitzer checks the voter registration rolls as Rep. Eric Cantor and his wife, Diana, vote at Rivers Edge Elementary School on Tuesday.

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Rep. Glenn Nye, 2nd Congressional District candidate, casts his vote at Grace Bible Church in Virginia Beach on Tuesday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Poll worker Wendy Wurlitzer checks the voter registration rolls as Rep. Eric Cantor and his wife, Diana, vote at Rivers Edge Elementary School on Tuesday.

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Morgan Griffith, Republican congressional candidate (center), greets a voter Tuesday morning at Van Pelt Elementary School in Bristol, Va.

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Sharron Angle, the GOP Senate candidate, reminds the media that voting is supposed to be private as she casts her vote in Reno on Tuesday. Mrs. Angle's gaffes included her remark to Hispanic high school students that some of them looked Asian and that the 9/11 terrorists entered through the Canadian border.

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Illustration: Dog ate the homework

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New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono stands with other lawmakers in Trenton as she answers a question Monday about a bill they introduced to toughen the state's anti-bullying laws after the widely publicized suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi. The bipartisan group of lawmakers touted the "anti-bullying bill of rights" targeting public schools and colleges. (Associated Press)