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Chris Reykdal, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, poses for a photo in his office, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal on Wednesday outlined his long-term plan for the ongoing issue of funding public education in Washington state and said lawmakers must expedite their work on satisfying the McCleary court mandate to put more money toward basic education. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Chris Reykdal, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, leaves a conference room after talking to reporters, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal outlined his long-term plan for the ongoing issue of funding public education in Washington state and said lawmakers must expedite their work on satisfying the McCleary court mandate to put more money toward basic education. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Chris Reykdal, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, talks to reporters, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal outlined his long-term plan for the ongoing issue of funding public education in Washington state and said lawmakers must expedite their work on satisfying the McCleary court mandate to put more money toward basic education. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Chris Reykdal, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, talks to reporters, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal outlined his long-term plan for the ongoing issue of funding public education in Washington state and said lawmakers must expedite their work on satisfying the McCleary court mandate to put more money toward basic education. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, joined by Education Department Budget Service Director Erica Navarro, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the Education Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry blasted the Trump administration during a commencement speech Wednesday at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, advising graduates to learn to speak Russian in light of collusion allegations. (YouTube/@Harvard Kennedy School)
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8. Kevin Garnett ($190 Million) went straight from high school to the NBA where he played for 21 years. KG would go on to play in 15 All-Star games. He was also named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 and has been part of 12 All-Defensive Teams.
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Louisiana State Representative Beryl Amedee
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In this May 23, 2017 photo, Laura Polanco and daughter, Meredith Erck comfort each other while recalling months of fighting Erck's brain tumor while she tried to complete her high school course work in Rapid City, S.D. Erck is six credits short of earning her Rapid City Central high school diploma, and although she will finish them over the summer, is not being allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony with her twin brother, Martin. (Hannah Hunsinger/Rapid City Journal via AP)
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In this May 12, 2017 photo, the Rev. Joseph Lee, academic dean and basketball coach, leaves the gym at Our Lady of Guadaloup Seminary in Denton, Neb., as seminarians play basketball. Seminary life is extraordinarily regimented. Along with chanting four times a day and attending classes, they eat meals together and exercise together. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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This 2014 photo provided by the State University of New York shows Alexander Cartwright, the provost and executive vice chancellor at the university. The University of Missouri System is set to hire Cartwright to run its flagship campus in Columbia, two years after the previous chancellor resigned amid protests over racial concerns on campus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that multiple sources confirmed that the Board of Curators is expected to finalize Cartwright's hiring Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Joe Putrock/State University of New York via AP)
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FILE- In this April 19, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden attends the opening ceremony for Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Biden is slated to deliver the Class Day address at Harvard University on Wednesday, May 24. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE- In this May 18, 2017 file photo, a police officer talks on his cell phone while looking at a smashed car on the corner of Broadway and 45th Street in New York's Times Square. A New Jersey high school student injured when the car's drive entered the sidewalk running down over a dozen people and killing one, is out of the hospital. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Guests watch a live stream of Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore's memorial service Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the gym at Three Forks High School, one of two sites were the memorial was live streamed. Moore was shot and killed in the line of duty early on May 16, near Three Forks. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
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The casket carrying slain Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore is carried into Three Forks High School, in Three Forks, Mont., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Moore was shot and killed in the line of duty early on May 16, near Three Forks. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
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FILE- In this Sept. 20, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, smile as they prepare for a speech in San Francisco. The 33-year-old billionaire and his wife stopped by Quincy High School on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, and made a donation to the school. Chan graduated from Quincy High as valedictorian in 2003. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Sebastien Bellin, a former basketball player who was badly wounded in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport in 2016, visits Charlotte Middle School, in Charlotte, Mich., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Bellin, who played for Oakland University in suburban Detroit as well as the Belgian team, discussed his personal experiences in the wake of the attack. (Trace Christenson /Battle Creek Enquirer via AP)
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Sebastien Bellin, a former basketball player who was badly wounded in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport in 2016, visits Charlotte Middle School, in Charlotte, Mich., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Bellin, who played for Oakland University in suburban Detroit as well as the Belgian team, discussed his personal experiences in the wake of the attack. (Trace Christenson /Battle Creek Enquirer via AP)
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Sebastien Bellin, a former basketball player who was badly wounded in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport in 2016, considers a question while visiting Charlotte Middle School in Charlotte, Mich., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Bellin, who played for Oakland University in suburban Detroit as well as the Belgian team, discussed his personal experiences in the wake of the attack. (Trace Christenson /Battle Creek Enquirer via AP)
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In this Saturday, May 20, 2017 photo, provided by Chapman University, Judy O'Connor pushes her son, MBA graduate Marty O'Connor during commencement at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Chapman University gave a surprise honorary degree to Judy O'Connor, mother of Marty O'Connor a quadriplegic student after she attended every class and took notes for him while he earned a master's degree. (Chapman University via AP)