Protesters gather outside Jefferson Middle School in Washington, where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos paid her first visit as education secretary. Maria Danilova/AP hide caption
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Betsy DeVos, Trump's nominee for education secretary, faces tough questions as her Senate confirmation hearings begin. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images hide caption
NPR Ed's Claudio Sanchez gives us his top five education predictions for 2017. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
New Mexico: Dolores Ramos (right), 16, joins dozens of Highland High School students in Albuquerque, N.M., during a walkout to protest a new standardized test. Russell Contreras/AP hide caption
A school bus passes a sign encouraging parents to have their children opt out of state tests in Rotterdam, N.Y. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
With the math done, student Kendall Hood works the plasma cutter. Jenny Brundin/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the ESEA in 1965 with Kate Deadrich Loney, his first schoolteacher. Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Presidential Library hide caption
As political battles rage over the Common Core, teachers like Jennifer Bahns at the University Prep Academy middle school in Detroit are trying to prepare their students for the first major Common Core exams this spring. Erin Einhorn/Hechinger Report hide caption
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the ESEA in 1965 with Kate Deadrich Loney, the President's first schoolteacher. Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Presidential Library hide caption
Math scores at McMichael High School have improved. Courtesy of McMichael High School hide caption
Hugo High School, like many public schools in Oklahoma, was a battleground in the fight over Common Core. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Jason Zimba, one of the writers of the Common Core, waits while his daughters play. Julienne Schaer for The Hechinger Report hide caption