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In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Joseph Nugent, a Boston College English professor, wears virtual reality goggles at the school's virtual reality lab in Boston. College students in Boston are developing a virtual reality game based on James Joyce’s ponderous tome “Ulysses.” Nugent says the goal of “Joycestick” is to expose new audiences to the works of one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors and to give a glimpse of how virtual reality can be used to enhance literature. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A rally in support of greater state funding for public education in New Mexico drew hundreds of teachers, parents and students to the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Sign-waving protesters paced around the circular state Capitol building to chants of "no more cuts" and "save our schools." Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent and former state education secretary Veronica Garcia canceled classes at mid-day so that staff and students could urge lawmakers and the governor to bolster spending on K-12 schools for the coming school year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent and former state education secretary Veronica Garcia addresses a rally at the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., to urge lawmakers and the governor to bolster spending on K-12 schools for the coming fiscal year, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Garcia canceled classes at mid-day so that staff and students could attend the protest. The state cut public education funding in October and this year swept funding from school district reserves to plug a current-year deficit. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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A rally in support of greater state funding for public education in New Mexico drew hundreds of teachers, parents and students to the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Sign-waving protesters paced around the circular state Capitol building to chants of "no more cuts" and "save our schools." Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent and former state education secretary Veronica Garcia canceled classes at mid-day so that staff and students could urge lawmakers and the governor to bolster spending on K-12 schools for the coming school year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Veronica Garcia addresses a rally at the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., to urge lawmakers and the governor to bolster spending on K-12 schools for the coming fiscal year,Thursday, March 16, 2017. Garcia canceled classes at mid-day so that staff and students could attend the protest. The state cut public education funding in October and this year swept funding from school district reserves to plug a current-year deficit. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Students from McKinley Technology High School in the District and Winneba High School in Ghana work on their prototype water filtration system, part of a virtual student exchange program focused on STEM education. (Julia Brouillette/The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Maryland players react on the bench after a Maryland score in the final moments of an NCAA college basketball game against Minnesota, in College Park, Md. The journey for Maryland (30-2) begins Friday against Bucknell (27-5). (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives to speak to students at St. Johnsbury Academy on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Sanders is holding two days of town meetings with constituents across Vermont. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders responds to a question during a town meeting with students at the St. Johnsbury Academy on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Sanders is holding two days of town meetings with constituents across Vermont. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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Leslie Fye, a Starkville mother of two children in the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, speaks about the needs of the smaller school districts, as she addresses several hundred parents, educators, education activists, and students at a education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Leslie Fye, a Starkville mother of two children in the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, speaks about the needs of the smaller school districts, as she addresses several hundred parents, educators, education activists, and students at an education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Retired Hollandale School District Superintendent Howard Sanders addresses several hundred parents, educators, education activists, and students at an education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Several hundred parents, educators, education activists, and students join a handful of legislators in an education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Students holds up rally signs, joining several hundred parents, educators, education activists and a handful of legislators in an education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Students holds up signs, joining several hundred parents, educators, education activists, and a handful of legislators in an education rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Advocates for public schools are opposing legislative leaders' plans to rewrite the state's school funding formula. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Monacan High School basketball player Megan Walker smiles after signing a letter of intent in Richmond, Va., to attend and play for Connecticut. Walker will be watching this year's NCAA Tournament in her UConn sweatshirt, thinking about next March. The consensus high school player of the year leads another steller recruiting class for the Huskies and says their ready to make their mark on the best program in women's basketball. (P. Kevin Morley/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this March 15, 2017, photo, Dennis Roushia, coaches practice at Julian Thomas Elementary School in Racine, Wis. The team is co-ed and mixed with fourth and fifth-graders. (Ricardo Torres/The Journal Times via AP)
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School children, wrapped in blankets, wait nearby their high school in Grasse, southern France, after a 16-year-old student opened fire, wounding two other students and the principal trying to intervene, Thursday, March 16, 2017. French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem says the shooting in a high school appears to be the "insane act of a fragile young man fascinated by weapons." (AP Photo/Philippe Farjon)
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Maria Hiyas Quelle, a para teacher with Rochester Public Schools, she helps a student with a worksheet on fractions in a 2nd grade class at Jefferson Elementary School in Rochester, Minn., Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Scott Jacobson/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Department of Education, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
