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Nearly 2,700 students were wrongly told they were not eligible for seats in public school gifted and talented programs because of errors in scoring admission tests.    

At the White House Science Fair on Monday, President Obama announced a plan to encourage the study of science, technology, engineering and math.    

In his dark blue business suit, President Obama climbed onto a bicycle anchored to the ground outside the White House. He pedaled in his polished dress shoes, generating electricity to run a water sanitation system built by a group of Florida teenagers.

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D.C. Council members, advocates and parents raised questions Monday about Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s push to reduce the number of special-education students who attend private schools at public expense.

The effort has saved tens of millions of dollars and reduced segregation of students with disabilities, but it has triggered concerns that some students are being made to attend city schools that aren’t equipped to handle their needs.

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday honored five Washington-area schools and the Montgomery County school system as National Green Ribbon Schools for their exemplary environmental education programs and sustainable facilities.

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Jeff Charbonneau, a high school science teacher from Zillah, Washington, was chosen as the 2013 National Teacher of the Year.

He and the group of State Teachers of the Year from which he was selected, will visit President Obama at the White House on Tuesday. They met on Monday with Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Biden and a longtime educator.

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Some 100 students from more than 40 states are attending the 2013 White House Science Fair, which began today with President Obama as host. The initiative (you can watch it by clicking on a link below) was designed to highlight the four STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math. Approximately 30 student teams who had won STEM competitions were exhibiting projects, which included new inventions and important basic research, according to the White House. Among those at the fair were Planetary Society Executive Director and "Bill Nye the Science Guy" host Bill Nye, Mars Curiosity rover flight director Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi, and "Big Bang Theory" co-creator Bill Prady. Here are some of the student exhibits, according to a White House release:

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