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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. Charter school advocate and wealthy Republican donor Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, causing outrage among teachers unions. But Democrats and rights activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen. John Glenn talks with astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite before a discussion titled "Learning from the Past to Innovate for the Future" in Columbus, Ohio. Adam Sackowitz, a graduate student at St. John's University, is fighting for a series of tangible honors for Glenn, including a statue, a portrait and a place for the late astronaut's birthplace in Cambridge, Ohio, on the National Historic Register. Glenn, who became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, died Dec. 8, 2016, at age 95. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

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In this Dec. 27, 2016 photo, David Rivers, Ph.D., Loyola University biology department chair, holds a fly sample he raised for his research in Baltimore, Md. Rivers and his students are researching on how to help law enforcement to identify real blood stains from fly contaminants at crime scene. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

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In this Dec. 27, 2016 photo, David Rivers, Ph.D., Loyola University biology department chair, looks over his flies he raises for research in Baltimore, Md. Rivers and his students are researching on how to help law enforcement to identify real blood stains from fly contaminants at crime scene. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

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In this Dec. 27, 2016 photo, David Rivers, Ph.D., Loyola University biology department chair, poses in Baltimore, Md. Rivers and his students are researching on how to help law enforcement to identify real blood stains from fly contaminants at crime scene. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

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Thomas Jefferson High School computer science teacher Denise Hoag, right, works with sophomore Nick Miskin as her software engineering class modifies code on Thursday, Jan. 6., 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hoag are trying to get more girls interested in computer science, a traditionally male-dominated field. (Joe Shearer/The Daily Nonpareil via AP)

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Thomas Jefferson High School senior Toby Lechtenberger modifies code to create a graphic user interface in science teacher Denise Hoag's classroom on Thursday, Jan. 6., 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hoag are trying to get more girls interested in computer science, a traditionally male-dominated field. (Joe Shearer/The Daily Nonpareil via AP)

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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo provided by the University of Vermont, a patch honoring the late Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is worn on a Vermont uniform. In addition to the University of Tennessee, women's basketball programs without direct connections to Summitt are finding ways to honor one of the game's greatest ambassadors in the season after her death. (Brian Jenkins/University of Vermont via AP)

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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, left, makes his point to an official in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Syracuse won 76-53. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse's Tyler Lydon yells as he dunks the ball in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Syracuse won 76-53. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse's John Gillon, center, cuts between Boston College's Nik Popovic, left, and Jordan Chatman, right, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Syracuse won 76-53. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Boston College's Ky Bowman grabs a rebound in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Syracuse won 76-53. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse's Tyus Battle scores in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Syracuse won 76-53. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim reacts to a call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Boston College head coach Jim Christian cheers on his players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Boston College's Connor Tava, left, shoots under pressure from Syracuse's Andrew White III, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse's Tyler Lydon, left, looks to pass the ball under pressure from Boston College's Ky Bowman, center, and Boston College's Connor Tava, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Syracuse's Andrew White III, right, and Boston College's Connor Tava, left, battle for a rebound in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

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Penn State's Lamar Stevens (11) takes a shot against Minnesota during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)

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Penn State's Shepp Garner (33) goes for the steal on Minnesota's Deividas Zemgulis (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)