Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, seen in a photo taken last year, says his resignation Thursday was "by mutual agreement.
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Art projects like these anatomy murals are woven into the curriculum at the Homer Plessy Community Charter school in New Orleans.
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Students at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attend a debt management workshop. Broward is one of 29 colleges that no longer accepts unsubsidized student loans. The effort is part of an experiment to cut down on student loan debt and defaults.
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President George W. Bush, seated, signs No Child Left Behind into law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio.
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Ashjame Pendarvis, a first-year community college student, works on her math homework at the University of District of Columbia.
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