President Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left), delivers his back-to school speech on Sept. 28, 2011, at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in D.C. (Associated Press)
President Obama shakes hands at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver on Tuesday. "He's a good president, but there's no jobs," a student said. (Associated Press)
President Obama holds ups his proposed American Jobs Act legislation while speaking at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver on Sept. 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
'HAVE A HEART': Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential hopeful, is taking some heat from conservatives over his position on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** In this 2011 file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (left) voiced his support for President Obama's education reform proposal, which frees states from the "failing" schools designation and other mandates of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. (Associated Press)
A Hazmat team enters the Chemistry Building on the University of Maryland campus in College Park on Monday after an explosion and small fire injured two students in a lab. (Associated Press)
The legacy of Doris "Granny D" Haddock will be preserved at the Keene State College library after the activist's family donated her journals, letters, photographs and memorabilia to the school. (Associated Press)
**FILE** President Obama stands with educators and students as he speaks Sept. 23, 2011, at the White House about No Child Left Behind Reform. Also seen are Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left), Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (second from right) and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (right). (Associated Press)
More than 5,000 high school, college and professional football teams will salute Ronald Reagan's centennial birthday with a special coin toss this weekend. (Courtesy Warner Brothers)
