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An American Education 

  • Students in Laneka Reeves' second grade class recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the Mary K. Lang Elementary School in Kennett Square, PA.
  • Students arrive for class at 7:00 am at Shawnee Regional High School in Tabernacle, NJ.
  • Students play on the jungle gym during recess at the Woodlyn Elementary School in Ridley Township, PA. The Ridley School District was one of the first in the Philadelphia area to require elementary students to wear uniforms.
  • During a discussion of hydroponics, Joel Martinez, left, listens to teacher Jose Diaz's instructions while Jesse Carrano checks her makeup at Olney High School in Philadelphia, PA.
  • From left, Jesse Catalfano, Brianne Martino, and Tiffany Youse vie to participate in a skit during Spanish class at Mosaica Academy in Bristol, PA.
  • Students, mostly from the Philadelphia School District surround the school district's administration building. The student protesters prevented district employees from entering the building. It also forced the relocation of the School Reform Commission’s announcement of which schools would be assigned to private for-profit companies. From right are Sonya Isard a Girl's High student, Andrew Esslerhaines, a Philadelphia resident who goes to Upatina's School in Chester County, Leah Bender Siemiaroski, a Girl's High student, and Abigail Ellmand, Dyani Makous, and Kenneth Ballard, all students at Central High School.
  • Standing in a hallway of the administration building of the School District of Philadelphia are Malani Sanders and her grandmother Donna Trice. Sanders an 8 year-old was expelled from her school for bringing a small knife to class. She tearfully pleaded to be re-instated at her former school.
  • Kindergarten student Marisa Woodward reacts to a question on the days of the month posed by teacher Laurie Crestani at the Kindergarten Academy in Prospect Park, PA.
  • Students Erica Varnenti and Devon Coughlin, right, meet in a crowded hallway during a change of class at Shawnee Regional High School in Tabernacle, NJ.
  • Drew Miller does the breast stroke during practice at the Haverford School in Haverford, PA.
  • Pennsbury High School Junior Prom
  • Jubilant students throw their caps into the air at their graduation ceremony at Soka University in Aliso Viejo, Ca.
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