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In this Sept. 28, 2016 photo, Nick Harmon, 24, center who has Down Syndrome, walks through campus at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colo. The legislature this year passed a law that allows people with intellectual disabilities, including Down Syndrome, to enroll in college even if they don't have the SAT or ACT scores or high school courses to gain admittance. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP)
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Dawn Frazier’s holds a photograph on Sept. 22, 2016 of her daughter, Rhonda, who died in 2006 of Alzheimer’s when she was 34. Rhonda Frazier’s friends from Churchill High School’s class of 1990 were starting careers, getting married and having children, her parents were mystified as they watched their daughter struggle to direct her own life.(Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 photo, Eastern Michigan students march in a silent protest on campus in Ypsilanti, Mich., in response to racist graffiti found last month on campus. (Katy Kildee/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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Families, with their bags packed, arrive to be checked into the shelter at North Charleston High School in North Charleston, S.C., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in advance of Hurricane Matthew. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows David Dahlman. Dahlman was arrested outside a school in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, following a report that a man in a clown mask was chasing kids. Police say Dahlman, who was also wearing boxing gloves, alarmed students by shadow boxing toward them as he stood outside school windows and threatened an assistant principal who came out to speak to him. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Foundation for Economic Education
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 9, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Sept. 25, 2016 photo, Kyle Seaworth, left, 27, hugs Evan Groves, 24, at Rockford First Church's Illuminators Sunday school class. Each week the class consists of crafts, songs, a snack, and Bible lesson. The church's Illuminators class, is a Sunday school for individuals with disabilities who are older than 12. Children with disabilities ages 4-12 are part of the church's Champion's Club ministry, which began in October 2012. (Kayli Plotner/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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In this Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Central Hayneville High School football player Swanique Gordon runs off of the field after practicing with teammates at the school near Hayneville, Ala. Gordon, a girl, is a starting linebacker with the team. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 photo provided by The Miami Student, a university newspaper, police officers leave the crime scene after an investigation in Oxford, Ohio, where two Miami University students were shot and wounded near the campus. The male students were shot and wounded while trying to buy a car that was posted for sale on Craigslist, police said. The students were shot during an apparent robbery Tuesday night at a house near campus. (A.J. Newberry/The Miami Student via AP)
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After hearing a report that a clown was sighted at Old Main, students started rushing towards Old Main lawn in search of the clown on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in State College, Pa. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Daily Collegian via AP)
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In this Sept. 1, 2016 photo, school resource officer Matt Triner shows what a juvenile status offender referral looks like at Canyon Ridge High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. Triner makes every effort to avoid sending kids into the juvenile justice system. Juvenile cases are often kept under seal to protect both the victim and the offender. That may be frustrating for a public that wants answers, but the Idaho juvenile justice system's “balanced approach” philosophy aims at holding kids accountable while also rehabilitating them and protecting the community. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)
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Emergency personnel and police officers work the scene of an officer involved shooting near the Champions Center on the University of Colorado Boulder, Colo., campus Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. A man armed with a machete was shot and killed by police Wednesday at the university after officials say he refused to drop the knife. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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Fraser Stoddart raises his glass for a toast during a news conference at the Rebecca Crown Center at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Stoddart, a Scottish-born chemistry professor at Northwestern University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Members of the Islamic State group take part in a training session. (CNN screenshot)
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FILE - This Jan. 17, 2012, file photo shows vegetables left over by students on their cafeteria trays at the Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles. Goldfish crackers, granola bars and banana bread are among the snacks some angry parents in the Toronto area say their children have been discouraged from bringing to school. The Toronto Sun reported on Sept. 29, 2016, that one mother said her son was told he couldn’t eat a small piece of banana bread for his snack because it contained chocolate chips. Education officials in the region say snack choices remain with students and parents. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Donald Trump hates women. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 2, 2014 Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens speaks at his office,in Atlanta. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a letter sent Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, to students and faculty of Georgia's third-largest university that a committee of the university system's governing Board of Regents will interview Olens on Tuesday in Atlanta. Huckaby said that he initially planned a national search for the school's next president but now believes Olens should be considered.(Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP))
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A copy of the book "My Own Words,” by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is photographed in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Ginsburg is riding the wave of her cultural rock-stardom, releasing a compilation of her writings, from an editorial she wrote for her high school newspaper to summaries of some of her spiciest dissenting opinions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Learning Curve (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2007, file photo, Hollis Watkins speaks to participants during a gathering held at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tenn. Under proposed changes to Tennessee’s social studies curriculum, public school students would no longer be required to be taught about the social justice school that counts Rosa Parks among its alumni and Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and folk singer Pete Seeger among its supporters. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
