WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Victor Evans’ George Washington Carver Academy classroom buzzes with activity.

One boy sits with a pin cushion and sews using a needle and thread. A pair of girls play a keyboard and electric drum set. Two boys wearing lab coats and goggles chop up ice in a blender and squirt measurements of an enzyme solution into a test tube.

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