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Actress Jennifer Garner, a Trustee for Save the Children, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017, before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing to support early childhood education. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this Tuesday, March 14, 2017 photo, students from the St. Rose Institute for Deaf Assistance spot whales during a tour off Samana, Dominican Republic. Dozens of them wore high-tech backpacks that turn whale songs into vibrations. Introducing deaf and hearing-impaired students to the whales and their music was the vision of Dominican artist and musician Maria Batlle, who founded the Muse Seek Project. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)
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In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Joseph Nugent, a professor of English at Boston College, 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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In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Joseph Nugent, a professor of English at Boston College, wears virtual reality goggles at the school's virtual reality lab as students monitor his game activity 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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In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Boston College student Michael Quinn holds up virtual reality goggles at a virtual reality lab at Boston College in Boston. College students in Boston are developing a virtual reality game based on James Joyce’s ponderous tome “Ulysses.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo, Joseph Nugent, an professor of English at Boston College, left, watches as student Evan Otero points out a graphic on a work station 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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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)
