Education

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FILE – In this May 5, 2004, file photo, Nathan DeRolph, who in 1991 started the original lawsuit that led to an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that the state's school funding system was unconstitutional, gestures during a school funding rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Twenty years after justices ruled 4-3 in the case DeRolph v. State on March 24, 1997, hundreds of new school buildings dot the landscape and the notion of what constitutes an adequate education is regularly debated in U.S. state capitals. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

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Plastic cups spell out Rockville Strong, at Rockville High School in Rockville, Maryland, on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The school has been thrust into the national immigration debate after a 14-year-old student said she was raped in a bathroom, allegedly by two classmates, including one who authorities said came to the U.S. illegally from Central America. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

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The Banks High School mascot is visible on track hurdles at the school in Banks, Ore., Thursday, March 23, 2017. In Oregon, school districts with Native American mascots must abandon them by July or risk punishment that could include the withholding of state funds. But with the approval of the state, a handful of districts are working with tribes to keep some version of their mascots in exchange for concessions, including better classroom lessons on the history and culture of the state's many tribes. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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The Banks High School mascot is visible on the side of the football stands at the school in Banks, Ore., Thursday, March 23, 2017. In Oregon, school districts with Native American mascots must abandon them by July or risk punishment that could include the withholding of state funds. But with the approval of the state, a handful of districts are working with tribes to keep some version of their mascots in exchange for concessions, including better classroom lessons on the history and culture of the state's many tribes. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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In this Monday, March 20, 2017, photo, Iowa State University President Steven Leath answers questions at a news conference following the announcement of his selection as the next president of Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. Leath will begin his tenure in July. (Jim Little/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)

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FILE - In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is investigating Hunter for possible campaign violations. The House Ethics panel has been investigating allegations that Hunter improperly used campaign funds to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, such as trips to Hawaii and Italy and tuition for Hunter's school-age children. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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A progressive student organization at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, has apologized after a social experiment involving racist fliers backfired. (KMSP)

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FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. worried what voters would think if judges strike down state maps by ruling that one party was destined to too many seats. (Associated Press/File)

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Henry Sanchez, 18, is one of the students charged with rape. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the Class of '21 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Some pundits are applauding President Trump's push to defund arts organizations like the National Endowment for the Arts, arguing that "culture" comes from the home and not from government funding. (Associated Press)

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File - In this Oct. 22, 2012 file photo, college students study outdoors at the California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. California State University's governing board will vote Wednesday, March 22, 2017, on whether to raise tuition for the first time in six years. The nation's largest public university system says it needs to hire more faculty and add more classes to accommodate growing enrollment and insufficient state funding. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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File - In this Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 file photo, students study in a library on the campus of California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. California State University's governing board will vote Wednesday, March 22, 2017, on whether to raise tuition for the first time in six years. The nation's largest public university system says it needs to hire more faculty and add more classes to accommodate growing enrollment and insufficient state funding. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Students and supporters protest outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

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Shiba Bandeeba, of San Fransico State, plays the bucket at a protest with other students and supporters outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

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Students and supporters protest outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

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Students and supporters protest outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

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Briana Rodriguez left of Sonoma State, and Jairo Barba, of East Bay State, protest with other students and supporters outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)