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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of about three dozen recovery schools in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Rachelle Gardner, center, chief operating officer of Hope Academy and student Logan Snyder, right, lead an all-school meeting called "circle" before the start of classes in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, Sophie Herrick pets Banks as students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, an inspirational message is posted on a student's locker at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers said these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, students and teachers gather for an all-school meeting called "circle" at Hope Academy in Indianapolis. For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends. Researchers say these kids do better at special “recovery schools” that use peer pressure in a different way, to support sobriety. Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of about three dozen recovery schools in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Young Republicans are suing the University of of California at Berkeley after the campus blocked Ann Coulter's upcoming appearance. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2011 file photo, Ann Coulter waves to the audience after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. University of California, Berkeley students who invited Coulter to speak on campus filed a lawsuit Monday April 24, 2017, against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Campus Republicans invited Coulter to speak at Berkeley on April 27, but Berkeley officials informed the group that the event was being called off for security concerns. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, a leaflet is seen stapled to a message board near Sproul Hall on the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif. Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus filed a lawsuit Monday April 24, 2017, against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Campus Republicans invited Coulter to speak at Berkeley on April 27, but Berkeley officials informed the group that the event was being called off for security concerns. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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In this July 9, 2015 photo provided by Robert Severi, Kristina Johnson poses for a photo in Washington, D.C. The State University of New York says its board of trustees is expected to approve Johnson's appointment as the university's chancellor Monday, Monday, April 24, 2017. A former dean of Duke University's engineering school, Johnson served as an energy undersecretary during the Obama administration from 2009 to the end of 2010. (Robert Severi via AP)

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Former President Barack Obama, center, hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago. From left are, Kelsey McClear, Loyola University; Ramuel Figueroa, Roosevelt University; Tiffany Brown, a pharmacist; Obama; Max Freedman, University of Chicago; Ayanna Watkins, Kenwood High School; and Harish Patel, New America. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Former President Barack Obama, center, hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, Monday, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago in Chicago. From left are, Kelsey McClear, Loyola University; Ramuel Figueroa, Roosevelt University; Tiffany Brown a pharmacist; Obama, Max Freedman, University of Chicago; Ayanna Watkins, Kenwood High School; and Harish Patel, New America. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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In this photo taken Friday, April 7, 2017, Susan Lassiter poses for a photo at her home in Smithfield, N.C. Lassiter, a member of Concerned Citizens for Successful Schools in Johnston County is worried about how her group will continue to push for equal education opportunities in the local schools if the UNC Center for Civil Rights in Chapel Hill is permanently barred from filing lawsuits on behalf of its clients. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 22-23 AND THEREAFTER - In an April 4, 2017 photo, the food pantry at Central Community College-Hastings in Hastings, Neb. is stocked with non-perishable food items, baby formula, toiletry items and some clothes. Nebraska educators and students at Central Community College-Hastings have created the Central Closet to help its students in need.(Laura Beahm/Hastings Tribune via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 23 - In this April 15, 2017 photo, Betsy Till, a Wahlert Catholic High School senior, was born with one leg shorter than the other and has gone through more than a dozen surgeries to correct the problem, poses in Dubuque, Iowa. (Eileen Meslar/Telegraph Herald via AP)

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Penn State wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton, left, runs around cornerback T.J. Johnson during the Penn State Blue-White college football game in State College, Pa., Saturday, April 22, 2017. (Abby Drey/Centre Daily Times via AP)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Frank Wagner speaks during a Tea Party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart, speaks during a Tea Party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie speaks during a tea party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

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Demonstrators at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, take part in the March for Science, Saturday, April 22, 2017. They chanted "Money for science and education, not for wars and climate alteration." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Demonstrators take part in a rally and march in downtown Los Angeles, part of the March for Science, Saturday, April 22, 2017. They chanted "Money for science and education, not for wars and climate alteration." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)