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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST. - In this photo from Feb. 20, 2014, students walk through the hall at the Energy Institute High School in Houston. All the classrooms have a wall of windows as part of an open concept. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip)

Energy Institute thrives in inaugural year

By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE - Associated Press

Carlos Perrett, 18, and Janet Nieto, 18, both senior students at Cesar E. Chavez High School have been admitted to top universities with full scholarships through the support of the EMERGE Fellowship and their own hard work. Both students are the first generation in their families to go to college. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus)

Emerge delivers opportunity to Houston’s poorest

By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE - Associated Press

Educators urge reduced federal role in schools

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times