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TCU coach Jamie Dixon stands with Super Frog as the school song is played after TCU defeated Fresno State 66-59 in an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the NIT in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (Paul Moseley/Star-Telegram via AP)
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Illustration on campus culture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Alexandria, Virginia, Mayor Allison Silberberg with students at T.C. Williams High School after kicking off "Kick Butts Day" — a day of anti-tobacco campaigning sponsored by the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexandria. (Julia Brouillette/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
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Republican state Sen. David Givens of Greensburg argues in favor of a bill allowing charter schools on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky is one of seven states that do not allow charter schools, which are public schools that are governed by an independent board of directors. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)
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FILE - In this March 4, 2017, file photo, UCLA guard Lonzo Ball, right, shakes hands with his father LaVar following an NCAA college basketball game against Washington State in Los Angeles. UCLA won 77-68. LaVar Ball says his home was broken into while he was attending a high school game involving two of Lonzo Ball’s brothers. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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Mia Michalik, Shenandoah, Pa., a third-grader at Trinity Academy, uses the Zoomy 2.0 handheld digital microscope on Monday, March 6, 2017, in the first grade classroom at the school. Mia will be featured on the box of a new model of the microsope. (Nick Meyer/The Republican-Herald via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2017, AT 3:01 A.M. EDT.- This photo taken February 13, 2017, shows Lew Klein teaching broadcast journalism at Temple University's College of Media and Communication, which later this month will bear his name and where he has been an adjunct for 65 years. (Tom Gralish /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2017, file photo, actress Angelina Jolie gives a press conference in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Jolie gave a lecture at the London School of Economics on March 15, 2017, as a preview of a course she'll be teaching at the prestigious school in the fall. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, Grace Zeller holds her West Point Certificate of Appointment while taking a break at St. Anthony High School in Effingham, Ill. Zeller had never thought about joining the military, let alone attending a prestigious military academy. Now she can't imagine herself anywhere else. (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)
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Austin Diaz, left, and Tresor Russell, right, run up Warwick Street as they hunt for customers in need of shoveling Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The two had the day off from Middletown High School and were shoveling for a few repeat customers as well as looking for new ones. "When we knock on doors most people ask us to come back later when the storm is almost over," said Diaz. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant via AP)
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A teacher follows along as student recite pi from memory in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited Pi and celebrated Pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Dhetee Deb recites pi from memory in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Math teacher Alex Felton was one of those who got "pied." She says "even though it's whipped cream, you smell vanilla for the next two days." Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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First grade teacher Kelly McCallister, is pied by a student in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Third grade teacher Jonathan Segerstron, is seen after getting pied in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Gold Ridge Elementary School in Folsom, California, banned touch football games and 'tag' due to fears that students were being too rough. (CBS-13 Sacramento screenshot)
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Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, speaks at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, in this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2015, file photo, employees prepare for the grand opening of an Amazon@Purdue store in Purdue University's Krach Leadership Center in West Lafayette, Ind. The internet giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to begin construction in spring 2017 of a 900-square-foot retail space in Columbus, Ohio, near the Ohio State University campus, where students can pick up books and other items ordered online. Amazon has opened similar stores at more than a dozen U.S. colleges and universities. (Joseph Paul/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
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Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, center, speaks in support of a plan to reduce student loan debt in California, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The plan would expand financial aid for students at public colleges and universities in the state. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **
