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In this June 13, 2017, photo, Heather Ekness addresses students in the Indian Education summer school at Orchard Elementary in Billings, Mont. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)
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In this Thursday, June 22, 2017 photo acting New Mexico Public Education Secretary Christopher Ruszkowski poses for a photo in Albuquerque, N.M. Ruszkowski, a former administrator with the Delaware Department of Education who once taught middle school social studies in Florida, took the helm at New Mexico's Public Education Department this week following the resignation of Hanna Skandera. He says one of his priorities will be improving teacher preparation. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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Nina Skye, a porn actress who claims she was fired from her day job as a Christian-school pre-K teacher after she refused to quit moonlighting in the adult-film industry. (screen capture; Fox11 in Los Angeles)
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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Thandi Glick looks on as the foreign exchange student that her family is hosting, Miaofan Chen, begins her way through the serving line during a potluck meal for Chinese exchange students and their families at a school in Denver. For many American families, hosting a foreign student is a way to bring other cultures to their doorsteps without ever leaving home. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017, photo, Nathan Miller, 19, far right, stands in a certified nursing assistant class at New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High School in New Berlin, Wis. He is forgoing a summer job to play baseball and take the class, to help make him a better candidate for medical school down the road. He's not alone. Fewer and fewer teens are taking summer jobs, according to the Department of Labor. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017, photo, Nathan Miller, 19, stands over fellow student Camille Sem, 17, in a certified nursing assistant class at New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High School in New Berlin, Wis. Miller is forgoing a summer job to play baseball and take the class, to help make him a better candidate for medical school down the road. He's not alone. Fewer and fewer teens are taking summer jobs, according to the Department of Labor. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Ben Testa, 19, a student at Northern Virginia Community College, arrives for his summer job at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Summer jobs are vanishing as U.S. teens spend more time in school and face competition from older workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Hannah Waring, left, a student at Loudoun Valley High School, and Abby McDonough, a student at Liberty University, work in the strawberry stand at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Waring and McDonough are working at Wegmeyer Farms for the summer. Summer jobs are vanishing as U.S. teens spend more time in school and face competition from older workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Libby Bartels, left, reaches in on Cranbrook Kingswood's Angelina Wiater during a lacrosse game at Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Natalie Masopust, left, chases Cranbrook Kingswood's Courtney Paulus during a lacrosse game at Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Grace Canty (17) hits the stick of Cranbrook Kingswood's Angelina Wiater during a lacrosse game at the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from April 26, 2017, a lacrosse helmet is displayed at the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - The Lincoln Memorial High School Class of 1967 plans its 50th anniversary reunion Friday, June 23, 2017, in Palmetto, Fla. Among those planning to attend are, from left, Lynette Edwards, Madeline Pearson, Alex Bullock Jr., Sharon Wells Jones, Joann Thomas Surrency, Betty Lou Sailes Rhodes, and Valerie Adams Bowden. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - Madeline Pearson, left, and Alex Bullock Jr., are among Lincoln Memorial High School graduates planing to attend the Class of 1967 reunion Friday, June 24, 2017 in Palmetto, Fla. Seated at right is Sharon Wells Jones. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - Clockwise, from top, are Lincoln Memorial High School grads who will be attending their 50th reunion Friday, June 23, 2017: Alex Bullock Jr., Madeline Pearson, Betty Lou Sailes Rhodes, and Valerie Adams Bowden. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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Carl Paladino, far left, listens while Buffalo Board of Education President Barbara Nevergold testifies at a hearing before New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, far right, in, Albany, N.Y., to determine if Paladino should be removed from the school board. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Carl Paladino, left, walks with his his lawyers Jennifer Persico and Dennis Vacco outside education building during break in a hearing on Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. Several days of hearings are scheduled in Albany for wealthy developer Carl Paladino to determine whether his public release of information on teacher contract talks should cost him his position on the Buffalo School Board. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Carl Paladino, right, walks with his lawyers outside the state Department of Education building after the first day of testimony before Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who will decide if Paladino should be removed from his position on the Buffalo Board of Education, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Screen capture from a BBC story about schoolboys in Exeter, England, wearing skirts to school to protest a policy forbidding them from wearing shorts.
