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HOW LEARNING HAPPENS
Walton Elementary second-grader Janiya Smith asks to be called on at the Jackson, Miss., school. Voters in the state rejected an initiative to increase funding for Mississippi's public schools. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Mentor Antwon Cooper (left) helps student Julius Barne, 15, during a group activity in a history class. Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption
A student shows off his lost tooth to his classmates. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act hasn't been updated since it was renamed "No Child Left Behind" in 2001 by President George W. Bush. The law was introduced by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to help states level the playing field for students living and learning in poverty. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Deborah Ball introduces a math problem to students at the Mathematics Teaching and Learning to Teach seminar at the University of Michigan. Brian Powers/University of Michigan hide caption
President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (left), at North High School in Des Moines this month. The White House and the Department of Education are calling on states to cut the "burden" of unnecessary testing. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
In a lesson on the patterns of immigration, a caption refers to slaves as "workers," prompting mom and educator Roni Dean-Burren to protest the caption on social media. Courtesy of Roni Dean-Burren hide caption