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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)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, displayed is a view of downtown Pittsburgh on the screen of a part of a virtual reality set that teachers are learning with during a class at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, Pa. (Nate Smallwood /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Amy Williams, a teacher at Elizabeth Forward Middle School, practices with a virtual reality set during a class at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, Pa. (Nate Smallwood /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, a class about virtual reality technology in the classroom is led for teachers from Allegheny and Westmoreland County at Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead, Pa. (Nate Smallwood /Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Maryland head coach Brenda Frese calls to her team against Wisconsin's during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 89-40. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Brionna Jones, left, and Wisconsin's Avyanna Young struggle for a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 89-40. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Wisconsin's Kendall Shaw, right, looks to pass as Maryland's Kiah Gillespie defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 89-40. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Denver school board member Rachele Espiritu speaks during a news conference, at the Denver Public Schools downtown campus, in Denver, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The school board announced its intention to consider a resolution aimed at protecting students who might be affected by President Trump's immigration policy. The effort would call on the district to continue its practice of not collecting any information about students' immigration status. It also says the district would not grant access to students without a search warrant. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
