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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF JAN. 28-29 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 11, 2017 photo, James Specht, left, and Acadia Moro, right, both third-graders, work on math problems at Spring Creek Elementary School in Laramie. For students in the Albany County School District No. 1 GATE, or Gifted and Talented Education program, each day is an opportunity for growth and discovery. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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NBA star Stephen Curry, a former basket player for Davidson College, poses with students in front of the newly renamed Section 30 for Curry's uniform number he wore for the Wildcats, while visiting the campus in Davidson, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Davidson College president Carol Quillen, back to camera, hugs NBA star and former Davidson Wildcats Stephen Curry during a ceremony renaming the student section to Section 30 at the school's arena in Davidson, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry speaks is greeted by fans and students as he arrives for a news conference at his former high school in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Curry will be honored during his return home to Charlotte. His high school will be retiring his number while Davidson College will honor him by renaming a section of their arena "Section 30." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry speaks during a news conference at his former high school in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Curry will be honored during his return home to Charlotte. His high school will be retiring his number while Davidson College will honor him by renaming a section of their arena "Section 30." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry speaks during a news conference at his former high school in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Curry will be honored during his return home to Charlotte. His high school will be retiring his number while Davidson College will honor him by renaming a section of their arena "Section 30." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry signs an autograph after a news conference at his former high school in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Curry will be honored during his return home to Charlotte. His high school will be retiring his number while Davidson College will honor him by renaming a section of their arena "Section 30." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry speaks during a news conference at his former high school in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Curry will be honored during his return home to Charlotte. His high school will be retiring his number while Davidson College will honor him by renaming a section of their arena "Section 30." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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FILE -- In this June 3, 2016, file photo, a worker sweeps a material at the scene of a school bus collision, in Renton, Wash. A bill that would require school buses to have seat belts is being considered by lawmakers in Washington, one of more than a dozen states where school seat belt measures are on the legislative agenda this year. Senate Bill 5054 would mandate that all public and private school buses purchased after the bill takes effect have a safety belt for each rider. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP, File)
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FILE -- In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, school buses pick up students at Jason Lee Middle School in Tacoma, Wash. A bill that would require school buses to have seat belts is being considered by lawmakers in Washington, one of more than a dozen states where school seat belt measures are on the legislative agenda this year. Senate Bill 5054 would mandate that all public and private school buses purchased after the bill takes effect have a safety belt for each rider. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Abe Noe-Hays, director of research at the Vermont-based Rich Earth Institute describes the filtration system he helped develop to turn urine into fertilizer at the University of Michigan engineering building, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Engineering researchers at the school are leading the effort that received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Parents, students and administrators take part in a rally in support of school choice, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Past voucher programs seeking to provide public money to families who send their children to private and religious schools have sailed through the state Senate but fizzled in the House, where lawmakers from both parties worry about hurting rural classrooms, but rally organizers are hoping that added political pressure could change that this session. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Women in pink caps look on as a women's march of tens of thousands begins to pass Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Seattle. Women across the Pacific Northwest marched in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington and to send a message in support of women's rights and other causes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Wearing his high school jacket, state Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, urges lawmakers to approve the nomination of Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., as the state's new attorney general, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Glazer was a couple of classes ahead of Becerra while they both attended Sacramento's C.K. McClatchy High School in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Choice to Protect Students Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - This Monday, May 4, 2015, file photo New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera discusses the results of teacher evaluations during an interview in Albuquerque N.M. Skandera said policies advocated by Gov Susana Martinez must be enacted or the state's high school graduation rates could fall after hitting record levels. Skandera told The Associated Press lawmakers should pass the governor's third-grade retention proposal in order to halt future high school students from dropping out. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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Students inspect their badly damaged university, recently liberated from Islamic State militants on the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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Maryland's Brionna Jones, right, and Rutgers Jordan Wallace fight for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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The damaged blinds in the windows of William Carey University's School of Business are seen in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, following the morning tornado that tore through the campus. The school and the neighboring community were hit by a morning twister that killed several people as roofs were ripped from homes and churches, and trees were torn from the earth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A young woman posts the Christian Flag that flies in another part of the William Carey University campus in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, as the students, faculty, school officials and parents begin to clear out. The school and the neighboring community was hit by a morning twister that killed several people as roofs were ripped from homes and churches, and trees were torn from the earth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
