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Meridian Technical Charter School students take a break for lunch Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Meridian, Idaho. By their junior year students are studying specialized technology careers in one of four tracks. Eighty-two percent of students at MTCS go on to secondary education institutions. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)
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This undated photo shows the Ken-Rad Employee badge of Ernestine Koontz with other objects in Owensboro, Ky. The Owensboro chapter of the American Association of University Women wrapped up Women's History Month by celebrating of a group of women whom Judy Adams described as pioneers, the women who worked at Ken-Rad and General Electric. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.- Corbin Engel, left, and Chris Behrends, right, carry soft maple boxes the student designed and built for patients at the U of I Children's Hospital in their industrial tech class at Clarksville high school Monday, March 20, 2017, in Clarksville, Iowa. (Matthew Putney /The Courier via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.- Freshman Deric Trees carries soft maple boxes the student designed and built for patients at the U of I Children's Hospital in their industrial tech class at Clarksville high school Monday, March 20, 2017, in Clarksville, Iowa. (Matthew Putney /The Courier via AP)
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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma questions a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State during an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women's Final Four, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Dallas.(AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this Thursday, March 30, 2017 photo, released by the Paulding County Sheriff's Department, Melanie Bullard, 39, poses for a photo, in Ga. Authorities say, Bullard, a Georgia kindergarten teacher was arrested after administrators found a loaded gun in her purse in her classroom. Henson says Bullard tested positive for alcohol in evaluations administered by a school resource officer. (Paulding County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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FILE - This undated file provided by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in Minnesota shows Timothy Dorway. Authorities have filed more charges against Dorway, a one-time Minnesota high school principal accused of possessing child pornography. He appeared in court Thursday, March 30, 2017, but didn't enter pleas. (Bureau of Criminal Apprehension via AP, File)
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This photo taken Tuesday, March 21, 2017, shows Halima Aden and other students from Meadowlark elementary looking at Bees in a display hive. In recognition of National Agriculture Day Tuesday, the state agriculture department encourages the public to plant plants that attract bees. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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This photo taken Tuesday, March 21, 2017, shows students from Meadowlark elementary looking at Bees in a display hive. In recognition of National Agriculture Day Tuesday, the state agriculture department encourages the public to plant plants that attract bees. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)
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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, right, is awarded his trophy by the Associated Press' Everett H. Jefferson II, left, after he was named The Associated Press' women's college basketball Coach of the Year at the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE - In this March 19, 1966, file photo, Texas Western College head basketball coach Don Haskins, second from left, and players celebrate after winning the 1966 NCAA college basketball championship against Kentucky in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/File)
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New Seattle University head basketball coach Jim Hayford speaks at an introduction event for him at the school Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Seattle. Hayford was previously the head coach at Eastern Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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New Seattle University NCAA college head basketball coach Jim Hayford, right, speaks as school president Fr. Stephen Sundborg applauds at an introduction event for Hayford Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Seattle. Hayford was previously the head coach at Eastern Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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New Seattle University NCAA college head basketball coach Jim Hayford gamely pulls on a school ball cap at an introduction event for him Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Seattle. Hayford was previously the head coach at Eastern Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this March 5, 2017 photo, visiting social scientist Melissa Haeffner speaks about global warming and her December trip to Antarctica, at O'Fallon Township High School Milburn campus in O'Fallon, Ill. Haeffner was one of 76 female scientists on the inaugural Homeward Bound expedition to Antarctica, where the women learned leadership skills and how to improve communication among their various fields. Organizers chose Antarctica because of the continent's importance in measuring climate change (Steve Nagy /Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)
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People embrace at a vigil for 16-year-old Deven Holloway, a sophomore at Penn Hills High School, outside of Linton Middle School, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in the Penn Hills suburb of Pittsburgh. A defense attorney says a man questioned by police in the shooting death of the teenager outside a suburban Pittsburgh middle school was acting in self-defense. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Illustration on the realities of gender difference by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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People embrace each others as Everest Metro Police Detective Jason Weiland procession moves through Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at D.C. Everest High School in Weston, Wis. Weiland was killed in the line of duty during a string of deadly shootings in Rothschild on March 22, 2017, that left three others dead. (T'xer Zhon Kha/The Post-Crescent via AP)
