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District native Don Peebles' entrepreneurial drive led him to form the largest black-owned real estate development company in the country. He now travels across the U.S. as a speaker and mentor, encouraging students to pursue business careers. (Michael McElroy)
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** FILE ** Students, friends and family hold up candles during a vigil on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., on Thursday, April 16, 2009, to mark the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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** FILE ** Korrapong Techaarpornkul (seated) of Los Angeles gets help from Yolanda de la Fuente, an employment specialist who assists students in finding new career opportunities, at the Pasadena City College Career Center in Pasadena, Calif., in March 2009. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee observes the morning warm-up exercise in a second- and third-grade class at Noyes Elementary School in 2009. (The Washington Times)
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Jerry Seper
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Virginia Theological Seminary
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Jerry Seper
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**FILE** Students at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ill., walk between buildings on campus. (Associated Press)
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Kazakhstan's education ministry says the Nickelodeon animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" has a corrupting influence on children. (AP Photo/Nickelodeon)
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Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) rushes home from school and finds his long-awaited secret decoder ring in the mail box in "A Christmas Story."
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Columbia University students line up to speak with Roberto Amorosino, bottom left, of the World Bank about possible employment opportunities during a career fair at the school Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, in New York. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Keanu Reeves stars in "The Matrix Revolutions"
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Madrasa students reading in the library of Jamia Dar-ul-Uloom in Lahore, Pakistan. (Jason Motlagh/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Elementary school students read books in a classroom at Mount Savage School in Maryland. (Associated Press)
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Allan J. Lichtman, professor of history, American University
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Sohel Islar (left) and Malak Khan work behind the counter at a Domino's Pizza store in Arlington in 2008. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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College Republicans from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Mo. show their support for John McCain outside the site of a rally for Sen. Joe Biden, D-De, Thursday. The parking lot in the background refused parking access to attendees. (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)
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American University students face a changing but not hopeless job climate. COURTESY OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
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AmeriCorps member Samantha Royes (right) helps Fayvin Bowens, 11, a student at Noyes Elementary School, with her homework at the Youth Gateway Program, an initiative of the Community Preservation and Development Corps., in Washington D.C., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., says college students there are more likely to vote in the presidential election if they register in Virginia. (Associated Press)
