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John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy's son and President John F. Kennedy's grandson, opens a panel discussion during the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at the Harvard Kennedy School, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The symposium honors the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy's birth focusing on the former president's most important priorities and how they remain relevant today. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy listens as she is introduced at the start of the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The symposium honors the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy's birth focusing on the former president's most important priorities and how they remain relevant today. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks about her father as she kicks off the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The symposium honors the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy's birth focusing on the former president's most important priorities and how they remain relevant today. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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CannaDaddy's Wellness Center marijuana dispensary owner Christina Zusman, left, greets a customer into the store in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 20, 2017. Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather, at 4:20 p.m., in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot shops in legal weed states thank their customers with discounts.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Lorenzo Romar answers questions during an NCAA college basketball press conference, Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. Romar, the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington, joined the staff of Arizona coach Sean Miller, who used to be one of his chief rivals. (Courtney Talak/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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Lorenzo Romar answers questions during an NCAA college basketball press conference Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. Romar, the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington, joined the staff of Arizona coach Sean Miller, who used to be one of his chief rivals. (Courtney Talak/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics shows graduate student Wenxin Huai. Huai, a 24-year-old University of Wisconsin graduate student scheduled to receive her master's degree next month has been identified as the pedestrian killed when a car left the road and drove onto a Madison sidewalk Saturday night. The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office said Monday, April 17, 2017, that Huai died from her injuries in the crash. Huai, was from Beijing, where she graduated from Peking University. (AP Photo/University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics)
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, left, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos walk down a hallway as they visit Van Wert High School on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Van Wert, Ohio. (Richard Parrish/The Lima News via AP Photo/The Lima News via AP)
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A student leaves Gibbs-Green Plaza at Jackson State University, in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 20, 2017. The plaza is the main artery on the urban campus. Tuition and fees would rise at Mississippi's eight public universities in fall 2017- under changes approved Thursday by the College Board. Jackson State is looking at a 5 percent increase. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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In this Nov. 21, 2016 photograph, students walk across the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg, Miss. Tuition and fees would rise at Mississippi's eight public universities in fall 2017- under changes approved Thursday, April 20, 2017, by the College Board. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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In this Nov. 21, 2016 photograph, a student skateboards past University of Southern Mississippi College of Business on the Hattiesburg, Miss., campus. Tuition and fees would rise at Mississippi's eight public universities in fall 2017- under changes approved Thursday, April 20, 2017, by the College Board. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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In this Nov. 21, 2016 photograph, students walk across the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg, Miss. Tuition and fees would rise at Mississippi's eight public universities in fall 2017- under changes approved Thursday, April 20, 2017, by the College Board. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Protesters gather outside Van Wert High School where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, joined American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, left, during a visit to the school, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. (Richard Parrish/The Lima News via AP Photo/The Lima News via AP)
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, center, listens as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, talks to Van Wert High School freshman Alaina Arney about a patent she has applied for on a protective unit for a flush valve, during a visit to the Van Wert Robotics Club at Van Wert High School, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. (Cathie Rowand/The Journal-Gazette via AP)
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, talks with pre-k students Alivia, 5, and Kellen, 5, while visiting Laura Foster's class at the Van Wert Early Childhood Center, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Van Wert, Ohio. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten joined DeVos during the visit. (Cathie Rowand/The Journal-Gazette via AP)
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This Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows National Teacher of the Year Award winner Sydney Chaffee at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston. Chaffee teaches ninth-grade humanities at the school, where she has worked since 2007. She also leads the humanities department and manages a partnership between the school and a local theater company. (Lee DeLorenzo/Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education via AP)
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This Tuesday, April 11, 2017, photo provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows National Teacher of the Year Award winner Sydney Chaffee at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston. Chaffee teaches ninth-grade humanities at the school, where she has worked since 2007. She also leads the humanities department and manages a partnership between the school and a local theater company. (Lee DeLorenzo/Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education via AP)
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, in this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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New York Liberty forward Tina Charles talks to students at Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in New York. Charles' foundation, Hopey's Heart, honors her aunt Maureen "Hopey" Vaz, who died of multiple organ failure in 2013. It also honors Wes Leonard, a high school basketball player in Michigan who died in 2011 of sudden cardiac arrest after hitting the game-winning shot for his team. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)
