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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Dr. Dre attends the WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at MoMA in New York. Dr. Dre is pledging $10 million toward the construction of a performing arts center at Compton High School. The Compton Unified School District said Thursday, June 15, 2017, that the producer will help raise additional funds for the new facility, which is expected to break ground in 2020. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
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Governor Rick Scott signs a controversial education bill at Morning Star Catholic School, a special needs school, in Orlando on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Stephen M. Dowell /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Governor Rick Scott signs a controversial education bill at Morning Star Catholic School, a special needs school, in Orlando on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Stephen M. Dowell /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Governor Rick Scott laughs as he recognizes student Daniel Angulo, 9, (lower right) at Morning Star Catholic School, a special needs school, in Orlando on Thursday, June 15, 2017. Gov. Scott signed a controversial education bill at the school. (Stephen M. Dowell /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017, photo, Jerusalem Dregne, left, and Frehiwot Dregne, right, stand in line to receive their diplomas during the Janesville Craig High School graduation ceremony at Monterey Stadium in Janesville, Wis. The girls were adopted by Dennis and Connie from Ethiopia. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. A large government survey released Thursday, June 15, 2017, suggests the number of U.S. high school and middle school students using electronic cigarettes fell to 2.2 million last year, from 3 million the year before. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio in a coma and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio in a coma and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Friends and relatives gather to listen as Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, as he speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio in a coma and medically evacuated Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Supporters gather at the Wyoming Civic Center after Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, spoke during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio on Tuesday in a coma. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio on Tuesday in a coma. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati. Otto Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released to his home state of Ohio on Tuesday in a coma. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017 photo, Arslan Mamiliyev, who was training to become a commercial pilot at the American Flight Academy in Hartford, Conn., stands outside the building where the school was located. He and other international students are suing the school, saying they lost thousands of dollars and are being forced to leave the country after the school closed following two fatal plane crashes. Federal authorities are investigating the crashes and have seized records from the school. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017 photo, Arslan Mamiliyev, who was training to become a commercial pilot at the American Flight Academy in Hartford, Conn., stands outside the building where the school was located. He and other international students are suing the school, saying they lost thousands of dollars and are being forced to leave the country after the school closed following two fatal plane crashes. Federal authorities are investigating the crashes and have seized records from the school. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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FILE - In this June 14, 2014 file photo, Carmen Stringfield introduces the valedictorian at their commencement ceremony at Pender High School in Burgaw, N.C. In a movement that has gathered steam over about the past decade, schools around the country have stopped numbering students from valedictorian on down. Instead, they've adopted honors that recognize everyone who scores at a certain threshold - by having multiple valedictorians, for example, or awarding college-style cum laude honors. (Jason A. Frizzelle /The Star-News via AP)
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In this June 6, 2017 photo, Connor Carrow, 17, left, and Principal Cesar Marchioli pose inside Marchioli's office at Lancaster, High School in Lancaster, N.Y., the day after Marchioli gave Carrow a leadership award at the senior awards banquet. Carrow has been leading efforts at the school to replace the traditional class ranking system with a Latin honors cum laude system that recognizes all students who achieve a certain academic threshold. The ranking of students from No. 1 on down, based on grade point averages, has been fading steadily for about the past decade and about half of American schools no longer report class rank. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
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In this June 6, 2017 photo, Daniel Buscaglia, 17, looks through the program from the previous night's senior awards banquet at Lancaster High School in Lancaster, N.Y. Buscaglia's 101.9 grade point average earned him the honor of valedictorian of his graduating class of nearly 500 students, but at many American high schools, the tradition of ranking students from No. 1 on down is being replaced by honors that recognize everyone who scores at a certain threshold. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
