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In this Feb. 23, 2017 photo, Natalie Langlaise snaps the jacket of her son Justin outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Hartford, Conn. The city of Hartford has been hailed nationally as a school choice success story. Its magnet schools have promoted racial integration and new levels of academic achievement. For traditional public schools, such as Martin Luther King Jr., it’s a different story. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Gloucester County High School senior Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, rests his head on American Civil Liberties Union attorney Gail Deady, right, after a news conference in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 6, 2017. The Supreme Court is handing the Gloucester High School transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Gloucester County High School senior Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 6, 2017. The Supreme Court is leaving the issue of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out of a high-profile case Monday of the Virginia high school student who sued to be able to use the boys' bathroom. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Shaelyn McNeil, a 17-year-old senior at Grimm's high school, speaks while working at The Silver Box, a jewelry and gift shop in downtown Gloucester, Va., Monday March, 6, 2017. McNeil, who goes to the same school as transgender student Gavin Grimm, said that while she thought Grimm should be free to make any physical changes he wants, his use of the boys bathroom made some classmates uncomfortable. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2016 file photo, transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in Gloucester, Va. The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen’s case to a lower court without reaching a decision. The justices said Monday, March 6, 2017, they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm the right to use the boys’ bathroom in his Virginia school. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Gloucester County High School senior Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, arrives for a news conference in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 6, 2017. The Supreme Court is handing the Gloucester High School transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, file photo, Middlebury College students turn their backs to author Charles Murray during his lecture in Middlebury, Vt. The college says it has initiated an independent investigation into the protest in which the author of a book discussing racial differences in intelligence was shouted down during the guest lecture and a professor was injured. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)
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College of Charleston's Jarrell Brantley drives to the net between UNCW's Devontae Cacok and Chris Flemmings during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Charleston, S.C., Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
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Chance The Rapper announces a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation during a news conference at the Westcott Elementary School, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Students at the Westcott Elementary School on Chicago's South Side holds up a check, a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation, from Chance The Rapper during a news conference at the school Monday, March 6, 2017, in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Chance The Rapper, right, announces a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation during a news conference at the Westcott Elementary School, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Chance The Rapper announces a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation during a news conference at the Westcott Elementary School, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Chance The Rapper announces a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation during a news conference at the Westcott Elementary School, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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FILE - In this July 21, 2015 file photo, David Douglas High School board member Frida Christopher, right, talks with Somalian parents about the laws and rules of sending their children to school at the African Youth and Community Organization in East Portland, Ore. Somali immigrants in Oregon are reacting to President Trump's revised travel ban with dismay and fear. Musse Olal, president of Somali American Council of Oregon, said Monday, March, 6, 2017, that the ban is discriminatory and will further isolate Somali immigrants from American society by making them feel targeted. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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In a Thursday March 2, 2017 photo, Highland Middle School sixth-grader Aliyah Brewer reacts with Highland language arts instructional coach Joe Melo as he helps her find what she is looking for online from the Anderson Public Library on her school-assigned Chromebook, in Anderson, Ind. Highland students are learning how to use their new e-cards to access the public library's resources through a partnership program between the school and library. (John P. Cleary/The Herald-Bulletin via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks in Washington. The family of the late Justice Antonin Scalia will donate his personal papers to Harvard Law School’s library, the school announced Monday, March 6, 2017, but it could be years before the public can see documents that offer a glimpse into high court deliberations. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
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In this Feb. 6, 2017 photo, twins Jordyn Lutzow, and Jenna Lutzow show off their state championship medals at Belvidere North High School in Belvidere, Ill. Jordyn was a champion in competitive cheer and Jenna in cross country this school year. (Arturo Fernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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In this Feb. 6, 2017 photo, twins Jordyn Lutzow, left, and Jenna Lutzow show off their state championship medals at Belvidere North High School in Belvidere, Ill. Jordyn was a champion in competitive cheer and Jenna in cross country this school year. (Arturo Fernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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Brentwood Academy's Darius Garland (10) shoots past McCallie School's Seth Clark (14) and Trip Butler (22) during the second half of the Tennessee Division II AA boys' high school basketball championship game Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mike Strasinger)
