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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JUNE 3-4 - This May 2017 photo, shows a computer monitor displaying a look at Scratch, a program the Beta Coders group from the University of Puget Sound use to tutor Lincoln High School students in Tacoma, Wash. (Brooke Thames/The News Tribune via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JUNE 3-4 - In this May 2017 photo, University of Puget Sound sophomore Jake Redman, left, assists Lincoln High School student Antony Vo at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. Redman is part of Beta Coders, a group from the University of Puget Sound that tutors Lincoln students. (Brooke Thames/The News Tribune via AP)
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In this May 26, 2017, photo, Jim Papacek unearths paving stones out of a patio in the backyard of his former home in south Fargo, N.D. Papacek lived in the home for nearly 50 years but eventually accepted a buyout from city officials who plan to demolish the home. Papacek, a former North Dakota Teacher of the Year, had help from students and faculty to save the home from several Red River floods. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
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Former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz arrives for his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 2, 2017. Schultz and two other former school administrators are to be sentenced Friday on charges of child endangerment for failing to report a 2001 allegation about Jerry Sandusky to authorities in a child sex abuse scandal that first broke more than five years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Illustration on changes to the Department of Education by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017, photo, after weeks of brewing racial tension on campus, hundreds of students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., protest against the college administration and demanded change. (Lisa Pemberton/The Olympian via AP) ** FILE **
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In this May 7, 2017, photo, Jen Johnson practices yoga while goats sit on her mat at Harrison Farm in Groveport, Ohio. The class integrates an outdoor environment with yoga practice, goats are allowed to wander during the class. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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In this May 7, 2017, photo, Jen Johnson practices yoga while goats sit on her mat at Harrison Farm in Groveport, Ohio. The class integrates an outdoor environment with yoga practice, goats are allowed to wander during the class. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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In this May 7, 2017, photo, Jen Johnson practices yoga while goats sit on her mat at Harrison Farm in Groveport, Ohio. The class integrates an outdoor environment with yoga practice, goats are allowed to wander during the class. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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In this May 25, 2017, photo, Penn State Behrend psychology professor Eric Corty poses for a photo on campus in Erie, Pa. Corty has worked as a technician at a psychiatric hospital, conducted research on methadone, and studied human sexuality, among other things. Now, at 62, Corty has been named director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Behrend. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)
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Students leave The Evergreen State College campus in Olympia after a threat prompted a student alert and evacuation on Thursday, June 1, 2017. The announcement posted on the school's website Thursday asked everyone to leave the Olympia campus or return to residence halls for further instructions. The post did not provide other details. (Tony Overman /The Olympian via AP)
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An Evergreen State College police officers keeps watch over campus as student evacuate following a "direct threat" on Thursday, June 1, 2017. The announcement posted on the school's website Thursday asked everyone to leave the Olympia campus or return to residence halls for further instructions. The post did not provide other details. (Tony Overman /The Olympian via AP)
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Students leave The Evergreen State College campus in Olympia, Wash., after a threat prompted a student alert and evacuation on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Lisa Pemberton/The Olympian via AP)
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Students leave The Evergreen State College campus in Olympia after a threat prompted a student alert and evacuation on Thursday, June 1, 2017. The announcement posted on the school's website Thursday asked everyone to leave the Olympia campus or return to residence halls for further instructions. The post did not provide other details. (Tony Overman /The Olympian via AP)
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In this Wednesday, April 26, 2017 photo, Rohin Sarin, front row right, and his classmates listen to their math teacher inside a classroom in New Delhi, India. Rohin is one of a growing number of Indians with diabetes, with the disease increasingly afflicting children and adolescents in the fast-growing South Asian country. Nearly 30 percent of India’s teenagers are obese, nearly twice the number in 2010, according to health ministry statistics. (AP Photo /Tsering Topgyal)
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Illustration on the sate of the European Union by Daniel Marsula/Tribune Content Agency
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College Board members Doug Rouse, left, Alan Perry, center, and Institutions of Higher Learning Commissioner Glenn Boyce, listen to comments by students regarding the selection process by which the board made current Mississippi Valley State President William Bynum, their preferred choice to become the next president of the Jackson State University during a visit to the Jackson, Miss., based liberal arts university, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Jackson State student Alexis Moore queries current Mississippi Valley State University President William Bynum regarding his plans for the school when he takes over as the next president of Jackson State University, during a visit to the Jackson, Miss., based school, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Bynum was selected by the college board as Jackson State's 11th president. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Jackson State alumnus and professor McKinley Alexander queries current Mississippi Valley State President William Bynum regarding his plans for the school when he takes over as the next president of Jackson State University, during a visit to the Jackson, Miss., school, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Alexander also questioned the selection process used by the board for their selection of a preferred candidate. Bynum was introduced Wednesday afternoon by the college board as Jackson State's 11th president. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
