Education

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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."

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)

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A cache (not pictured) of more than 170 unexploded practice bombs dating back to World War II has been found under a playground in the English town of Wooler in the U.K. In this photo, bombs and debris found by the Army Corps of Engineers at Odyssey Middle School are piled on the track at the school in Orlando, Fla. The school sits atop a World War II bombing range. (Associated Press)

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Physics teacher Michel Olalo clears the chalkboard at a high school in Foley, Ala., on June 16. Miss Olalo, of Manila, was one of 12 Filipinos brought in to teach along the Gulf Coast shores, owing to a shortage of qualified U.S. teachers. (Associated Press)