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From left, First lady Melania Trump, Queen Rania of Jordan, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talk with students during a science class at the Excel Academy Public Charter school in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mrs. Trump made her first foray in the neighborhoods of the city she says will become her adopted hometown with a visit to a charter school for girls, to highlight the Trump administration's focus on school choice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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From left, school Principle Dana Bogle, first lady Melania Trump, Queen Rania of Jordan and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talk with students during a science class at the Excel Academy Public Charter school in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mrs. Trump made her first foray in the neighborhoods of the city she says will become her adopted hometown with a visit to a charter school for girls, to highlight the Trump administration's focus on school choice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2017 - In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 photo, Kenneth Caldwell offers tips to students' as he makes sure everyone has their desired colors during his "Cald-To-Art Paint Time" class inside of the Northside Economic Opportunity Network center in Minneapolis. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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Alec Baldwin told Extra at New York University's annual Tisch School of the Arts Gala that he thinks the future is bleak for Democrats looking to run against President Trump in 2020.
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Speaking before the Stennis Institute luncheon in Jackson, Miss., Republican State Auditor Stacey Pickering says his office has found pornography and other explicit material on computers that some public schools issued to middle school and high school students, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. In a report issued Tuesday afternoon, Pickering recommends that the state Department of Education require all school districts to monitor school-issued laptops or tablets when the electronic devices are off-campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Speaking before the Stennis Institute luncheon in Jackson, Miss., Republican State Auditor Stacey Pickering says his office has found pornography and other explicit material on computers that some public schools issued to middle school and high school students, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. In a report issued Tuesday afternoon, Pickering recommends that the state Department of Education require all school districts to monitor school-issued laptops or tablets when the electronic devices are off-campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Speaking before the Stennis Institute luncheon in Jackson, Miss., Republican State Auditor Stacey Pickering says his office has found pornography and other explicit material on computers that some public schools issued to middle school and high school students, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. In a report issued Tuesday afternoon, Pickering recommends that the state Department of Education require all school districts to monitor school-issued laptops or tablets when the electronic devices are off-campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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High School District 211 school board candidate Ed Yung unloads yard signs from the trunk of his car to post near polling places on Monday, April 3, 2017 in Hoffman Estates,Ill. The High School District 211 school board race centers on transgender student access to locker rooms and restrooms. A slate of candidates in Tuesday's election are promising to roll back a policy that allowed a transgender student to use the girls' facilities. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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FILe - In this Feb. 2, 2011, file photo, Bob Hurley, center, head coach of the St. Anthony High School boys' basketball team, huddles with his team during a game against St. Mary's, in Jersey City, N.J. St. Anthony won the game, 76-46, giving Hurley his 1,000 career coaching victory. In a half century at St. Anthony's, Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Hurley has won on an almost unparalleled level in high school. But now the school that has been a haven to the poor seeking a Roman Catholic education could soon be closing its doors. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, file photo, Bob Hurley, head coach of the St. Anthony High School boys' basketball team, signs a game ball in Jersey City, N.J. In a half century at St. Anthony's, Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Hurley has won on an almost unparalleled level in high school. But now the school that has been a haven to the poor seeking a Roman Catholic education could soon be closing its doors. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file) **FILE**
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In this April 22, 2015, file photo, supporters of a bill to extend in-state tuition to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally signal their position on a motion from the well of the House chamber in Nashville, Tenn. From right are Reps. Mark White, R-Memphis; Joe Towns, D-Memphis, and Harry Brooks, R-Knoxville. A deeply conservative state, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. And yet, Republican lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would allow public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
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In this April 2, 2017 photo released by Sacred Heart University, students participate in a candlelight vigil in memory of student Caitlin Nelson on the school's campus in Fairfield, Conn. Police said Nelson, from Clark, N.J., died three days after choking during a pancake-eating contest at the college. (Sean Kaschak/Sacred Heart University via AP)
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In this April 2, 2017 photo released by Sacred Heart University, students participate in a candlelight vigil in memory of student Caitlin Nelson on the school's campus in Fairfield, Conn. Police said Nelson, from Clark, N.J., died days after choking during a pancake-eating contest at the college. (Sean Kaschak/Sacred Heart University via AP)
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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, high school teacher Natalie O'Brien, center, hands out papers during a civics class called "We the People," at North Smithfield High School in North Smithfield, R.I. More states are requiring graduating high school students to know at least as much about the U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing a citizenship test. Boosting civics literacy has been a bipartisan cause. But some advocates say a mandate to test government trivia is too simplistic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, high school students Jackson Laferriere, left, and Noah Lemoine fill out work sheets as teacher Natalie O'Brien, top center, speaks with students during a civics class called "We the People," at North Smithfield High School in North Smithfield, R.I. More states are requiring graduating high school students to know at least as much about the U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing a citizenship test. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo high school teacher Natalie O'Brien, center, calls on students during a civics class called "We the People," at North Smithfield High School in North Smithfield, R.I. More states are requiring graduating high school students to know at least as much about the U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing a citizenship test. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Richard Nguyen, 16, a junior at Meridian Medical Charter School, takes notes during a lecture in biology Monday, March 13, 2017. Nguyen said he realized he wanted to have a career in healthcare early in life and is exactly where he wants to be at MMCS. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)
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Students work on web page design projects at Meridian Technical Charter School Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Meridian, Idaho. The charter school enrolls no more than 200 students each year in classes that cater to computer science, information technology, programing and web design. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)