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  • Drawing of Jim and Huckleberry Finn on raft, with embedded text “Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn” (Joe Devito)

    Mark Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) still draws admiration and criticism for its depiction of Huck, the boy outcast, and his friend Jim, a runaway slave.

  • Close-up of Oprah Winfrey, with embedded text “Oprah Winfrey still loves school” (Harpo Inc.)

    "I believe that education is freedom, that it's the open door to anybody's future," says Oprah Winfrey. Listen to her talk about the power of learning.

  • Can tolerance be taught?

    Folksinger Larry Long thinks tolerance can be taught, and created a program to celebrate what elders can teach young people about respecting others’ differences.

  • Girl in a classroom (Shutterstock)

    By better educating girls, developing countries are winning big dividends.

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  • Detail from illustration for Persian epic poem The Shahnameh (Library of Congress)

    The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is home to one of the largest collections of Iranian-related and Persian-language materials in the world.

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    College Life

    The U.S. college experience is a time to study and prepare for a career, but also to discover, explore and mature.

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  • Sec. of State Hillary Clinton surrounded by students (State Dept.)

    Students, scholars and teachers can come to the United States for short, intensive programs of study and travel sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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