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In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a driverless shuttle bus retraces its tracks while on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga. Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Minnesota's Jordan Murphy (3) dunks during an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
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Minnesota's Amir Coffey (5) was fouled by Michigan's Moritz Wagner (13) in overtime of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
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Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant yells from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico points during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State defeated Michigan 86-68. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State guard Branndais Agee looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State guard Tori Jankoska looks to pass as Michigan guards Jillian Dunston (11) and Kysre Gondrezick close in during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Jankoska scored 28 points to lead Michigan State 86-68 over Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant and her team celebrate a player's three-point basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State defeated Michigan 86-68. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 photo, Allen holds up a Barred owl for an assembly at Pembroke Elementary School, in Pembroke, Ky. (Meredith Willse /Kentucky New Era via AP)
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In this Feb. 15, 2017, photo, East Tennessee State University student Troy Prater, adjusts a light during a film class in Johnson City, Tenn. (Zach Vance/The Johnson City Press via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, state Rep. Tim Kelly, a Saginaw Township Republican, speaks at a House GOP news conference in the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelly likes parts of Gov. Rick Snyder's K-12 budget plan but has concerns about proposed cuts to a program that gives public schools funding for non-core classes offered to private and home-schooled students and reductions to cyber charter school funding. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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FILE - In a Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, Michgian Gov. Rick Snyder, center, flanked by Budget Director Al Pscholka, left, and Lt. Gov Brian Calley, presents the budget before the joint Senate and House Appropriations Committees in Lansing, Mich. Faced with discouraging test scores, Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing a shift so much more state money is spent on academically at-risk students and less goes toward educating private and home-schooled students or those attending online charter schools. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)
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Hesperia Unified School district Maintenance and Operations Staff cut away a tree which fell on a car at Kingston Elementary School in Hesperia, Calif., on Friday Feb. 17, 2017. High winds preceded heavy rain as a winter storm blew into the High Desert. [James Quigg /The Daily Press via AP)
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A fallen tree surrounds a car across the street from Shell Beach Elementary School in Shell Beach, Calif., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The vehicle belongs to a teacher at the school. (Joe Johnston/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo)
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In this undated photo provided by Regis University, David Pond and his bomb-sniffing dog named Pablo are shown on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Pond and other war veterans are participating in a panel series called "Stories From Wartime,” to talk about their experiences with students and the public through April 2017 at Regis University in northwest Denver. (David Pond/Regis University via AP)
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New University of Tennessee chancellor Beverly Davenport spent her first morning on the job talking to students and media, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 photo, kids in Mackenzie Wylie's 4th grade class try to balance on their stability balls as they follow along with a video workout at Saratoga Elementary School, in Lincoln, Neb. In the weeks Wylie's had stability balls in her classroom at Saratoga Elementary, she's noticed good things. Her fourth-graders, she said, are more focused on the task at hand. The balls are providing a way for students who have a hard time sitting still to work off excess energy. (Jake Crandall/The Journal-Star via AP)
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In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Arian Clark, left, works at his desk as Fatma Al-Asady works on the ground with her computer in Mackenzie Wylie's fourth grade class at Saratoga Elementary School, in Lincoln, Neb. In the weeks Wylie's had stability balls in her classroom at Saratoga Elementary, she's noticed good things. Her fourth-graders, she said, are more focused on the task at hand. The balls are providing a way for students who have a hard time sitting still to work off excess energy. (Jake Crandall/The Journal-Star via AP)
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In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 photo, from left, Tashaiyah Dyer-Turner, Brooke Roldan and Fatma Al-Asady have fun during free time in Mackenzie Wylie's fourth grade class at Saratoga Elementary School. In the weeks Wylie's had stability balls in her classroom at Saratoga Elementary, she's noticed good things. Her fourth-graders, she said, are more focused on the task at hand. The balls are providing a way for students who have a hard time sitting still to work off excess energy. (Jake Crandall/The Journal-Star via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2106 file photo, a pedestrian walks by the library at the Georgia State University campus in Atlanta. Getting through college is not an easy task, but it can be even harder for low-income or first generation students who have few support resources. Now big data can help them. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other data in order to identify those who were at risk of failing and promptly assist them. The results have been remarkable: the number of students graduating has jumped by 30 percent and students are spending less time and money to earn a degree. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
