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Boston College head coach Jim Christian directs his team against Wake Forest in the first half of an NCAA college basketball in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Some primary schools will begin handing out a book called "Can I Tell You About Gender Diversity?" to students as a resource. ("Can I Tell You About Gender Diversity?" screenshot)
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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015, file photo, Supreme Court Justices take their seats at the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan. The state Supreme Court is heading into a year in which it could shape policy with major rulings on school funding and abortion. The justices heard arguments in September in a school funding lawsuit and could rule any time on whether the state fulfills its obligation to provide a suitable education to Kansas students. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss also will be pushing legislators to increase pay for judges and court employees. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
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FILE - This Sept. 21, 2016, file photo shows Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss in Topeka, Kan. The state’s Supreme Court is heading into a year in which it could shape policy with major rulings on school funding and abortion. The justices heard arguments in September in a school funding lawsuit and could rule any time on whether the state fulfills its obligation to provide a suitable education to Kansas students. Nuss also will be pushing legislators to increase pay for judges and court employees. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wave at the audience as they arrive onstage at an event at LaGuardia Community College, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in New York. Gov. Cuomo announced a proposal for free tuition at state colleges to hundreds of thousands of low- and middle income residents. Under the governor's plan, which requires legislative approval, any college student accepted to a New York public university or two-year community college is eligible, provided their family earns less than $125,000. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Boston College guard Ky Bowman (0) launches a 3-point shot over Syracuse forward Taurean Thompson (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Bowman scored 30 points in Boston College's 96-81 win. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
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Maryland's Melo Trimble, center, shoots as Nebraska's Jordy Tshimanga, right, defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 photo, Mark Hernandez helps his grandson, Joseph Beourgeois decorate a snowman during a parent engagement breakfast at Lincoln Elementary School, in North Platte, Neb. Hernandez said he enjoys being able to spend the extra time with his grandson. (Kamie Stephens /The Telegraph via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo, seen from left, Kaden Cooper, Mia Thoms, Milly Jimenez and Naomy Bravo Molina work with their classmates on math problems in Jasmin Nelson's Spanish-speaking second grade class at Bear Creek Elementary School in Bend, Ore. Educators say growing interest in bilingual programs will boost already high demand for teachers trained and credentialed to teach the classes. Schools that already have such programs in California, and in other states, including Utah and Oregon, have brought teachers on visas from overseas to meet the need. (Jarod Opperman/The Bulletin via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2016 photo, bilingual teacher Abraham Robledo labels items in his classroom for his first graders at James S. Hogg Elementary School in Dallas. While Californians passed a ballot measure to bring back bilingual education in the upcoming school year, educators say a challenge to getting the programs started will be getting more bilingual teachers. Nearly two decades after banning most bilingual education, Californians voted in November to let schools restore it for English learners and English speakers whose parents want them to learn Spanish, Mandarin and other languages to complete globally for jobs. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Anistyn Holt, a student at Laramie High School, pets Henry the hose at the Ark Equestrian Center in Laramie, Wyo. Ark has expanded its equine program to include classes from the Albany County School District. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Oct. 22, 2016 photograph, Rep. Steve Hopkins, R-Southaven, left, , questions Mississippi Department of Education's chief academic officer Kim Benton, seated right, and chief operations officer Todd Ivey, seated second from right, while Rep. Credell Calhoun, D-Jackson, listens, following a hearing before the Legislature's working education group, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. One of several bipartisan groups of lawmakers assigned various facets of state government, these lawmakers sought to gain additional information regarding budget requests, expenditures in programs and projects as well as review their results in education, including student retention, remedial studies and graduation. With the state strapped for funds, the Legislature wanted accountability from each agency of their budgets and the dollars spent, which makes this one of Mississippi's biggest stories for 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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The annual U.S. Congressional Art Competition chose to honor a painting by high-school senior David Pulphus. Cops are depicted as pigs in the racially charged piece. (Fox News screenshot)
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Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma calls to his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 in College Park, Md. Connecticut won 87-81. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 file photo, high school students protest outside the Supreme Court building in Washington. Hundreds gathered to protest Donald Trump's election, mostly young people who appear to have walked out of school to protest. The news in 2016 was filled with battles over culture and territory that exposed divisions far deeper than many realized. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 1, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Vaughn and Kathy Flesner, left standing, pose with their current "family," including their own children and exchange students, from left, Kamryn Flesner, Eden Klauser, German exchange student Adrian Umbriet, Brekken Flesner, Danish exchange student Jacob Madsen, Dakota Flesner and Kyle Jenkins at Unity High School in Mendon, Ill. The Flesner family have been a host family for the exchange program for the last six years. (Phil Carlson/The Quincy Herald-Whig via AP)
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Trent Bennett, a science teacher at Malvern High School in Arkansas, has apologized and resigned over comments he made on Facebook. (KATV)
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In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, Washington are high school students attend a recruitment event by the University of Toronto, in Washington. In the wake of the presidential election, more U.S. students are thinking about going to college in Canada. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, Md., student Leighton Katz, 17, attends a recruitment event by the University of Toronto, in Washington. In the wake of the presidential election, more U.S. students are thinking about going to college in Canada. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, Baltimore high school senior Rebekah Elise Robinson attends a recruitment event by the University of Toronto, in Washington. In the wake of the presidential election, more U.S. students are thinking about going to college in Canada. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
