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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, Frank Edelblut listens during a public hearing in Concord, N.H., on his nomination to lead the state's education department. Edelblut will serve as New Hampshire's next education commissioner, despite concerns from the public and state board of education about his lack of a professional background in public education. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, photo, preschool teacher Theresa Phan, center, works with her students, including Cecilia Solorio, right, and Sawyer Wasserburger, on creating patterns in her classroom at Bright Horizons Family Solutions at Centennial Mall in Lincoln, Neb. The Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Commission is beginning a comprehensive three-year collaboration to solve the most pressing issues facing early childhood education. (Kristin Streff/The Journal-Star via AP)
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A new sticker is placed on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, in this May 17, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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John Moffatt prepares to testify before the House Judiciary Committee of the Montana Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Moffatt opposes a bill that would allow school employees with concealed weapons permits to carry their firearms on school campuses. Moffatt was shot in 1986 when a student opened fire at Fergus High School in Lewistown, where Moffatt was the vice principal. A substitute teacher was killed. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
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John Moffatt testifies before the House Judiciary Committee of the Montana Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Helena, Mont. Moffatt opposes a bill that would allow school employees with concealed weapons permits to carry their firearms on school campuses. Moffatt was shot in 1986 when a student opened fire at Fergus High School in Lewistown, where Moffatt was the vice principal. A substitute teacher was killed. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
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In this Jan. 14, 2014 photo, longtime Chisholm, Minn., High School boys basketball coach Bob McDonald rides the bus with his team as they travel to nearby Nashwauk-Keewatin for a matchup. The Minnesota Boys' Basketball Coaches Association on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, announced the creation of the McDonald Award, named after retired coach Bob McDonald, who amassed 1,012 victories in 59 years at Chisholm High School. The award will be given for the first time following the 2017-18 season. (Ben Garvin/Pioneer Press via AP)
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A group of students at Elizabethtown College, a predominantly white small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, will wear white pins shaped like puzzle pieces for one month in order to remind themselves of their white privilege. (Elizabethtown College Democrats via Twitter)
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FILE - This Dec. 11, 2016 file photo shows "Hidden Figures" screenwriter Allison Schroeder at the 22nd annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. NASA has been part of Schroeder’s life for as long as she can remember. Her grandfather had uprooted his family from Iowa to move to Florida to work on the Mercury prototypes, and she participated in a NASA mentorship program throughout high school. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump accompanied by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, watches during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as he arrives for a meeting with parents and teachers,Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives for a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **
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In this Feb. 9, 2017 photo, graffiti artist Yulier Rodriguez Perez poses with one of his works, painted on a wall in Old Havana, Cuba. Rodriguez was born in the central province of Camagüey, where he says he tried without success to get a formal art education. He gave up and ended up learning on his own with local teachers. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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UConn students cheer as the team is introduced before an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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A worker clears snow off school buses, after schools were closed due to a storm, in Manchester, N.H., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Another winter blast of snow and strong winds moved into the Northeast on Sunday, just days after the biggest storm of the season. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Thandi Glick looks on as the foreign exchange student that her family is hosting, Miaofan Chen, begins her way through the serving line during a potluck meal for Chinese exchange students and their families at a school in Denver. For many American families, hosting a foreign student is a way to bring other cultures to their doorsteps without ever leaving home. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
