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Oak Ridge High School wide receiver Tee Higgins, surrounded by family and friends, looks on during a national singing day in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Higgins committed to Clemson University. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2016 file photo, Beth Purvis, Illinois State Secretary of Education smiles at Riverton Middle School in Riverton, Ill. A group of Ill., lawmakers have agreed on a framework for making the way Illinois funds its schools more equitable. The framework announced Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, would create funding targets for each district, based on student population needs. It's estimated to cost the state an additional $3.5 billion to $6 billion. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
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Hillcrest High School running back Brian Robinson wears a University of Alabama hat a he commits to the Crimson Tide during national signing day, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Hillcrest High School running back Brian Robinson wears a University of Alabama sweatshirt as he gets set to speak with the media after committing to the Crimson Tide on national signing day, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Milo Yiannopoulos, the polarizing Breitbart News editor, speaks at California Polytechnic State University as part of his "The Dangerous Faggot Tour" of college campuses, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. His scheduled visit Wednesday to the University of California at Berkeley has raised an issue facing campuses across America at the dawn of the Trump presidency: What is the line between free speech and hate speech? (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)
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Lawrence Williams Jr., holding his 7-year-old daughter, weeps on his pastor's shoulder Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, after talking briefly to reporters about the death of his 18-year-old son, Lawrence Williams IV, in a drive-by shooting outside a New Orleans high school Tuesday night. New Orleans police said the drive-by shooting in front of Edna Karr High School during a basketball game killed Williams and another man. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)
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Alfred Kiger Savoy Elementary School says it is dealing with a pest infestation. (Deborah Simmons/The Washington Times)
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Alfred Kiger Savoy Elementary School, in the 2400 block of Shannon Place Southeast, has a problem with rodents and bedbugs, school officials acknowledge. (Deborah Simmons/The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2016, file photo, East St. Louis's Jeff Thomas (4) runs down field with a touchdown reception during the third quarter of the IHSA Class 7A high school championship football game against Plainfield North at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Miami wanted speed in this recruiting class, and got plenty of it, on both sides of the ball. Thomas was among the top gets for the Hurricanes on Wednesday. Feb. 1, 2017, during national signing day. (AP Photo/Bradley Leeb, File)
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Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh sits with students before the "Signing of the Stars" event on national signing day at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Melanie Maxwell/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh sits with students before the "Signing of the Stars" event on national signing day at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)
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Matthew Cone commits to Duke on national signing day, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Maryville High School in Maryville, Tenn. (Mark A Large/The Daily Times via AP)
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Chief Justice John Roberts listens to a question from during panel discussion at the The John G. Heyburn II Initiative and University of Kentucky College of Law's judicial conference and speaker series, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Chief Justice John Roberts reacts to a question from during panel discussion at the The John G. Heyburn II Initiative and University of Kentucky College of Law's judicial conference and speaker series, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Rutgers University students and supporters gather for Muslim Prayers during a rally to express discontent with President Donald Trump's executive order halting some immigrants from entering the United States on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in New Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, is scrapping a lesson on slavery that asked students to handle raw cotton in its African-American history class after parents complained. (WFMJ)
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In this Jan. 15, 2017 photo, Donald Horschler, 95, holds a photograph of his Sunday School class that was taken more than 50 years ago at Faith Bible Church in Joliet, Ill. A Christian since he turned 12 and a Bible student since age 16, Horschler has devoted his life to bringing God's word to others. (Eric Ginnard/Herald-News via AP)
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Shaolin martial arts students practice on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Teacher Sima Azimi, 20, not pictured, who is originally from Jaghuri in central Afghanistan, trains nine students in the martial arts to prepare for Olympic competitions, but also to protect themselves on the streets of Kabul, where women are routinely harassed. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
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Shaolin martial arts students practice at their club in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2017. When they aren’t training on the snow covered hills that surround Kabul, Azimi, teacher wearing black, trains her students in a grungy, dark club financed by a young cinema actor. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
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In this reflection Shaolin martial arts students train at their club in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2017. When they aren’t training on the snow covered hills that surround Kabul, the students train in a grungy, dark club financed by a young cinema actor. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
