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    Trump Gives Commencement Address; Leaked Education Budget Has Big Cuts

    A push for better student data and more news of the week.
    by Anya Kamenetz May 20, 2017 3 minutes
    President Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. This is President Trump's second commencement address since taking office. / Drew Angerer / Getty Images

    It's graduation season. That means commencement addresses lead off our weekly education news roundup. Last week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced boos at Bethune-Cookman University. This week, President Trump received a warmer welcome when he addressed cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Far from a conventional graduation speech, Trump talked about his rough week in Washington and how he keeps going in spite of his critics.

    "Look at the way I've been treated lately,

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