Education

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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)

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In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, Milo Hartsoe of Great Falls. Va., a senior at Landon School in Bethesda, Md. 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, Joseph Wong, Halbert Professor of Innovation Policy at the Munk School, and Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, speaks with attendees during 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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ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 2016, AND THEREAFTER- In this Dec. 19, 2016, photo, Ben Lomond High mentor Nora McCroby smiles while talk to junior Evelyn Morales at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah. (Briana Scroggins/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 2016, AND THEREAFTER- In this Dec. 19, 2016, photo, Ben Lomond High mentor Nora McCroby poses for a photo with junior Evelyn Morales at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah. (Briana Scroggins/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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Auburn center Austin Wiley shoots and scores against Georgia guard Juwan Parker during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Maryland's Destiny Slocum, right, and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough high-five after Maryland scored against Connecticut late in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 in College Park, Md. Connecticut won 87-81. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)