Education

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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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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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Cheryl Judy, an art teacher for Sherman Junior and Senior high schools in Boone County, West Virginia, is under fire after she was photographed by a student in class wearing a jacket with the words, "Tuck Frump," emblazoned on the back. (WSAZ)

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This March 12, 2017, photo shows a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Another statue on campus honors James Meredith, an African-American student whose enrollment in 1962 sparked riots. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz) ** FILE **

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This March 12, 2017 photo shows the doors of the Lyceum, a building on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss. A hole over the door on the left is the result of a bullet that hit the building when riots erupted on campus in 1962 over the enrollment of the university's first African-American student. The hole, which hollowed out over time, has been preserved by the university as a reminder of the episode. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

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This March 12, 2017 photo shows a statue of James Meredith on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., walking through a structure engraved with the words opportunity, courage, perseverance and knowledge. Meredith was the first African-American student to enroll at the university and riots erupted on campus in 1962 over his enrollment. The statue was in the news again in 2014 when a noose was placed on it. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2016, file photo, students walk past a Jesuit statue in front of Freedom Hall, center, formerly named Mulledy Hall, on the Georgetown University campus, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Washington. Freedom Hall was renamed Isaac Hawkins Hall on April 19, 2017, in honor of the first person listed in documents related to an 1838 sale of slaves in order to pay off the school's debts. The school and the group of Catholic priests that founded it apologized for the sale. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Lewiston High School students walk the runway for the school's pre-prom fashion show at the Franco American Heritage Center in Lewiston, Maine, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Fifteen years ago, the school district had an enrollment of 4,500 students and falling, a sign of a city on its knees, says Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster. Today, there are 5,400 students, more than one-quarter of them immigrants, and the number is going up. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Nelson Greene, Pathways coordinator at Ballou High School, is helping all-star athlete Mikayla Hooks find a clear academic direction so she can continue her cheerleading career. (Julia Brouillette/The Washington Times)

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a school bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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A medical helicopter takes off from the scene of a bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)