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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)
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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)
