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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)
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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Miaofan Chen, left, works her way through the serving line with Thandi Glick during a potluck meal for Chinese exchange students and their host families at a school in Denver. Hosting a foreign student affords families a chance to see another culture as well as see America through the eyes of a visitor. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, foreign exchange student Miaofan Chen, left, of Hefei, China, chats with Thandi Glick during a potluck meal for Chinese exchange students and their families at a school in Denver. Hosting foreign students is a way to connect with the world as well as see our country through another's eyes. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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In this Jan. 20, 2017, photo, Pat Winters Lauro, a journalism professor at Kean University in Union, N.J., talks to The Associated Press about her journalism course which covers fake news. Teachers from elementary school through college have been ramping up media literacy training to recognize bogus reports and understand their potential to weaken civic culture. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this Jan. 20, 2017, photo, notes from students are seen on the desk of Pat Winters Lauro, a journalism professor at Kean University in Union, N.J., during a class discussion talking about fake news. Teachers from elementary school through college have been ramping up media literacy training to recognize bogus reports and understand their potential to weaken civic culture. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
