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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 **
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FILE - This undated file photo shows Lowell Holtz, a candidate for Wisconsin state superintendent. Holtz, a former teacher, principal and superintendent who is now retired, will face incumbent Tony Evers in the April 4, 2017, election. Personal records show that Holtz was chastised by the school board where he most recently worked for donating football field bleachers to a nearby private school his children attended without notifying the board. (Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2015, file photo, Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston interviews for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Lansing, Mich. Whiston, Michigan's state superintendent, is dropping a plan to give a letter grade to every public school and, barring legislative action, instead will issue a report card showing indicators such as each school's proficiency on the state exam, The Associated Press has learned. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP, File)
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Marti Kashuba holds up a sign outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) **FILE**
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In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, exchange student Abigail Adusei poses for a portrait in between classes at Manual Academy in Peoria, Ill. "Being an exchange student I've been able to learn different cultures and things much different from what I was used to," said Adusei, who is a foreign exchange student from Ghana. "Really all I knew about culture in the United States was what we saw in the movies, and Manual High isn't anything like what I saw in High School Musical." (Ryan Michalesko/Journal Star via AP)
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In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, exchange student Abigail Adusei practices the piano during class at Manual Academy, in Peoria, Ill. "Being an exchange student I've been able to learn different cultures and things much different from what I was used to," said Adusei, who is a foreign exchange student from Ghana. "Really all I knew about culture in the United States was what we saw in the movies, and Manual High isn't anything like what I saw in High School Musical." (Ryan Michalesko/Journal Star via AP)
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In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, exchange student Abigail Adusei practices the piano during class at Manual Academy, in Peoria, Ill. "Being an exchange student I've been able to learn different cultures and things much different from what I was used to," said Adusei, who is a foreign exchange student from Ghana. "Really all I knew about culture in the United States was what we saw in the movies, and Manual High isn't anything like what I saw in High School Musical." (Ryan Michalesko/Journal Star via AP)
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In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, exchange student Abigail Adusei, right, works with her teacher Kelly Nyquist during class at Manual Academy in Peoria, Ill. "Being an exchange student I've been able to learn different cultures and things much different from what I was used to," said Adusei, who is a foreign exchange student from Ghana. "Really all I knew about culture in the United States was what we saw in the movies, and Manual High isn't anything like what I saw in High School Musical."(Ryan Michalesko/Journal Star via AP)
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Pennsylvania poses with the Ivy League tournament trophy following an NCAA college basketball championship game against Princeton, Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania won 57-48. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
