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President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at McGavock High School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Also pictured is former Vice President Al Gore, behind. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to a room of students, educators and media at Dennis Early Learning Center in Rockford, Ill. Quinn was in town to expand on highlights from his State of the State speech, one of which is to increase funding for early childhood education. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn talks with students in a classroom at Dennis Early Learning Center in Rockford, Ill. Quinn was in town to expand on highlights from his State of the State speech, one of which is to increase funding for early childhood education. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, two students at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago return to their classroom hand-in-hand before a visit by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Hector Espinoza, left, and Maria Litsky work on an early education computer program at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago during a visit by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The governor made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual State of there State address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, students at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago, talk around the podium as Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn outlines his initiative to provide more children in Illinois with access to high-quality early learning opportunities. Quinn made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 3 - In this Nov. 25, 2013, photo, Bishop McGuinness guard Spencer Wilson brings the ball up against Union Grove during a high school basketball game in Kernersville, N.C. Wilson has survived two battles with cancer. (AP Photo/Winston-Salem Journal, Walt Unks)
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This photo taken Jan. 22, 2014, shows Florida Polytechnic University Admissions counselor Rachel Gordon, left, speaking to incoming 2014 Fall freshman student James Johnson, IV, of Lady Lake, left center, his mother Michelle Shideler, right center, and stepfather Garry Shideler as he and his family take a tour of the university campus and the new Innovation, Science and Technology Building designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Wednesday. Johnson is currently a senior at The Villages High School. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Michael Wilson)
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This photo taken Jan. 22, 2014, shows Florida Polytechnic University admissions counselor Rachel Gordon, left, speaking to incoming 2014 Fall freshman student James Johnson, IV, of Lady Lake, as he and his family take a tour of the university campus and the new Innovation, Science and Technology Building designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Johnson is currently a senior at The Villages High School. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Michael Wilson)
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FOR RELEASE MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST. - In this photo from Jan. 16, 2014, from left, West Texas A&M students Alex Parra and Rikki Boelens help Aly Hunt, 10, with her hand prosthesis in Canyon, Texas. Four West Texas A&M University students worked on an affordable mechanical hand design for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Sean Steffen)
