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Illustration on vocational education for manufacture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, Christine Gall waters a vegetable and flower garden at the Burlington High School in Burlington, Vt. The school is part of the Wild for Pollinators initiative, which urges Vermont schools, businesses and individuals to plant flowers or leave areas unmowed to create habitats for bees and other pollinators that have rapidly declined. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, Christine Gall, manager of production gardens at several Burlington, Vt., schools looks at a bee on a flowering sage plant at the Hunt Middle School. The school is part of the Wild for Pollinators initiative, which urges Vermont schools, businesses and individuals to plant flowers or leave areas unmowed to create habitats for bees and other pollinators that have rapidly declined. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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A small group of samba school members pray in the Sambadrome during a protest against Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella in Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Samba school members sing as they march toward the Sambadrome during a protest against mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A samba school member sings in front the City Hall during a protest against Mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Samba school members wave a giant flag as they march toward the Sambadrome during a protest against mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Alain Sinandja, 27, from Togo rehearses with other students at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Some 18-23 students across the continent come for three years each for three to five month periods, on scholarship, to learn and explore their lives as artists. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)
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Carmelita Siwa, 24, from Benin, stretches with other students before rehearsal at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Some 18-23 students across the continent come for three years each for three to five month periods, on scholarship, to learn and explore their lives as artists. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)
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A student rehearses at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Some 18-23 students across the continent come for three years each for three to five month periods, on scholarship, to learn and explore their lives as artists. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)
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A dance student takes note during a break at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Some 18-23 students across the continent come for three years each for three to five month periods, on scholarship, to learn and explore their lives as artists. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)
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Students stretch before rehearsal at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Some 18-23 students across the continent come for three years each for three to five month periods, on scholarship, to learn and explore their lives as artists. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)
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Paul Fife speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Debbie Aldrich speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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State Sen. Margaret Dayton, a Republican from Orem, speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of the Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Stewart Peay, a Salt Lake City lawyer, speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Provo Mayor John Curtis speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of the Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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American Fork lawyer Damian Kidd waves during a debate at Mountain View High School Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah. At least 10 Republicans running to replace U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz are expected to face off in two debates Friday night, the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Republican state Sen. Deidre Henderson speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Keith Kuder speaks during a debate at Mountain View High School on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Orem, Utah, on the eve of a Utah GOP convention where delegates will winnow the crowded field. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)