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In this Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Bennett Elementary teacher Andy Clark helps student Stephanie Serratos, 9, with a student from Novi High School via Skype during a tutoring session in Detroit. The public school in Southwest Detroit helps students with one-on-one tutoring in the 4th and 5th grades via Skype with student volunteers at a suburban high school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Bennett Elementary student Marisol Tapia De Arcos works with a student from Novi High School via Skype during a tutoring session in Detroit. The public school in Southwest Detroit helps students with one-on-one tutoring in the 4th and 5th grades via Skype with student volunteers at a suburban high school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 27, 2014 photo, Detroit Police Officer Monica Evans, foreground left, holds a class that teaches anger management and conflict resolution skills at Cody High School in Detroit. A new Police Department program - the Children in Trauma Intervention Camp, offers the students an alternative to expulsion in the form of training and counseling from police officers and other adult mentors. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 25, 2014 photo, Robert Moore, 16, a student at the Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine, speaks during an interview in Detroit. Robert and his brother, James, attend one of the most promising new public schools in the city. Like many high school students, they rely for transport on the city's crime-ridden, inefficient bus system. "Some days, I don't get home until 9 p.m.," says the junior aspiring to a military career. Robert recounted the all-too-common phenomenon of overcrowded buses passing without stopping. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 25, 2014 photo, James Moore, a student at Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine, speaks during an interview in Detroit. James and his brother, Robert, attend one of the most promising new public schools in the city. Set in the medical district of the city's Midtown neighborhood, the school, just three years old, offers a rigorous curriculum, and enthusiastic teachers and new facilities. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Bennett Elementary School principal, Josette Buendia, jokingly stands in Ms. Gedda's group shot of her kids on the school's 100th school day in Detroit. Buendia couples fun - such as a weekly "Popcorn Friday" - with academic innovations, including one-on-one tutoring for her 4th and 5th graders via Skype with student volunteers at a suburban high school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Bennett Elementary School Principal Josette Buendia receives hugs from her students at the end of the school day in Detroit. Buendia couples fun - such as a weekly "Popcorn Friday" - with academic innovations, including one-on-one tutoring for her 4th and 5th graders via Skype with student volunteers at a suburban high school. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 27, 2014 photo, police officer Melvin Chuney, left, and student Jalen Pickett, speak during a class that teaches anger management and conflict resolution skills at Cody High School in Detroit. Jalen said he was neglected by both parents and now lives with a cousin, though he's determined to help out his mother financially. "I fought - but that's like every boy," he said. "I have a clean record, I've never been locked up ... I never give up hope." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Feb. 27, 2014 photo, student Jalen Pickett, talks during a class that teaches anger management and conflict resolution skills at Cody High School in Detroit. Jalen, now a diligent student with aspirations to be a defense lawyer, had an inauspicious start to high school. His fighting earned him a spot in the new police department program - the Children in Trauma Intervention Camp which gives students an alternative to expulsion in the form of training and counseling from police officers and other adult mentors. "If Detroit can change, it's up to the youth to do it," Jalen says. "I feel Detroit can come back. And if I do go away to college, I plan on coming back here and giving back to Detroit." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Penn's Courtney Wilson, right, hugs Alyssa Baron after losing 79-61 to Texas in the first round of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 23, 2014, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Texas players, from left to right, Nekia Jones, Imani McGee-Stafford and Empress Davenport celebrate a basket against Penn during the second half of the first round of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 23, 2014, in College Park, Md. Texas won 79-61. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Firefighters spray the ruins at James Monroe School, following a fire at the school in Edison Township, N.J., Sunday, March 23, 2014. The fire began Saturday night, and district officials met Sunday afternoon to develop a plan for the affected children. (AP Photo/Home News Tribune, Jason Towlen) NEWARK OUT; NO SALES; NEWARK STAR LEDGER OUT
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Flames rise at James Monroe School in Edison Township, N.J., Saturday, March 22, 2014. District officials met Sunday afternoon to develop a plan for the affected children. Dozens of firefighters battled the blaze, no residents were injured. Officials say roughly 500 kindergarten through fifth-grade students attended the single-story school, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (AP Photo/Home News Tribune, Suzanne Russell) NEWARK OUT; NO SALES; NEWARK STAR LEDGER OUT
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Firefighters spray the ruins at James Monroe School, following a fire at the school in Edison Township, N.J., Sunday, March 23, 2014. The fire began Saturday night, and district officials met Sunday afternoon to develop a plan for the affected children. (AP Photo/Home News Tribune, Jason Towlen) NEWARK OUT; NO SALES; NEWARK STAR LEDGER OUT
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Alexis Spagnoli holds her daughter Adriana, a kindergarten student at the James Monroe School, while speaking to Edison firefighter John Kantra following a fire at the school in Edison Township, N.J., Sunday, March 23, 2014. The fire began Saturday night, and district officials met Sunday afternoon to develop a plan for the affected children. (AP Photo/Home News Tribune, Jason Towlen) NEWARK OUT; NO SALES; NEWARK STAR LEDGER OUT