Education

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In this Nov. 21, 2016 photograph, students walk across the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg, Miss. Tuition and fees would rise at Mississippi's eight public universities in fall 2017- under changes approved Thursday, April 20, 2017, by the College Board. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Protesters gather outside Van Wert High School where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, joined American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, left, during a visit to the school, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. (Richard Parrish/The Lima News via AP Photo/The Lima News via AP)

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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, center, listens as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, talks to Van Wert High School freshman Alaina Arney about a patent she has applied for on a protective unit for a flush valve, during a visit to the Van Wert Robotics Club at Van Wert High School, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. (Cathie Rowand/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, talks with pre-k students Alivia, 5, and Kellen, 5, while visiting Laura Foster's class at the Van Wert Early Childhood Center, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten joined DeVos during the visit. (Cathie Rowand/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

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This Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows National Teacher of the Year Award winner Sydney Chaffee at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston. Chaffee teaches ninth-grade humanities at the school, where she has worked since 2007. She also leads the humanities department and manages a partnership between the school and a local theater company. (Lee DeLorenzo/Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education via AP)

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This Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows National Teacher of the Year Award winner Sydney Chaffee at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston. Chaffee teaches ninth-grade humanities at the school, where she has worked since 2007. She also leads the humanities department and manages a partnership between the school and a local theater company. (Lee DeLorenzo/Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education via AP)

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, in this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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New York Liberty forward Tina Charles talks to students at Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in New York. Charles' foundation, Hopey's Heart, honors her aunt Maureen "Hopey" Vaz, who died of multiple organ failure in 2013. It also honors Wes Leonard, a high school basketball player in Michigan who died in 2011 of sudden cardiac arrest after hitting the game-winning shot for his team. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)

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New York Liberty forward Tina Charles, standing second from left, watches children learn about CPR on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School in New York. Charles' foundation, Hopey's Heart, honors her aunt Maureen "Hopey" Vaz, who died of multiple organ failure in 2013. It also honors Wes Leonard, a high school basketball player in Michigan who died in 2011 of sudden cardiac arrest after hitting the game-winning shot for his team. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)

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In this March 30, 2017 photo, former Green Bay Packers player Darryl Ingram poses in Milwaukee, next to the website for his personal consulting business, Videoscore, which helps high school athletes connect with college teams. Ingram wants to develop an app that matches players with programs and to launch the venture he's turned to an emerging form of state crowdfunding that lets entrepreneurs sell stock in their startups without going public. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1962, file photo, President John F. Kennedy makes a national television speech from Washington. Harvard University is honoring one of its most famous graduates, John F. Kennedy, with a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the slain president’s birth. Harvard hosts the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/File)

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Illustration on the March for Science by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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FILE - This Jan. 6, 2006 file photo shows Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake, Wash., where in 1996, student gunman Barry Loukaitis killed two classmates and his algebra teacher. Two decades after the shooting, Loukaitis has spoken out for the first time, apologizing for the incident. His hand-written letter to the Grant County Superior Court was filed last week as part of a court-ordered re-sentencing in the 1996 bloodshed. (AP Photo/Amy Sinisterra, File )

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Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, center, talks with Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, left, and Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, right, on the house floor Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Huberty, Chair of the House Public Education Committee, is the sponsor of House Bill 21 which would put money into the school system. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, right, sits at his desk on the house floor Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Huberty, Chair of the House Public Education Committee, is the sponsor of House Bill 21 which would put money into the school system. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, talks with fellow law makers on the house floor Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Huberty, Chair of the House Public Education Committee, is the sponsor of House Bill 21 which would put money into the school system. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama (gophslions.com)

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Sydney James Harcourt, an original cast member from the Broadway musical "Hamilton" performs with students from the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts during opening ceremonies for the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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