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FILE - This Aug. 17, 2011 file photo shows the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. The recent deaths of two Washington State University students driving back to campus in Pullman, Wash., after the 2016 winter break have revived concerns about the safety of roadways leading to the rural college town. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, vehicles along eastbound Interstate 90 heading up Snoqualmie Pass are stopped in snow and slush during a road closure in Washington state. The recent deaths of two Washington State University students driving back to campus in Pullman, Wash., after winter break have revived concerns about the safety of roadways leading to the rural college town. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14 - In this Dec. 20, 2016, wrestling coach Joe Frost spars with wrestler Zach Dietrich during practice at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge High School in Laurel, Neb. Frost strikes down many of the stereotypes many have about art teachers and coaches, because he is both at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge High School. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14 - In this Dec. 20, 2016, art instructor and wrestling coach Joe Frost poses in his classroom at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge High School in Laurel, Neb. Frost strikes down many of the stereotypes many have about art teachers and coaches, because he is both at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge High School. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, photo, University of Dubuque student Jackson Cruciani speaks with fourth-graders Ethan Ward, left, and Matthew Gilles at Fulton Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa. Dubuque students were at Fulton to promote anti-bullying efforts as part of their J-Term course. (Jessica Reilly/Telegraph Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, photo, Dubuque student Kaetlyn Little, left, speaks with fourth-grade students at Fulton Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa. Dubuque students were at Fulton to promote anti-bullying efforts as part of their J-Term course. (Jessica Reilly/Telegraph Herald via AP)
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Gary Niemeier uses a drone to take a family picture of, from left, his daughter, Ava; his wife, Maren; and daughter, Stella, in Grand Forks, N.D. on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. Gary Niemeier was the test pilot for the flight certification portion of SkySkopes Academy, an unmanned aircraft course that targets students as young as eighth grade. Niemeier says both his daughters plan on enrolling in the academy. (Gary Niemeier via AP)
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In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Jan. 13, 2017, the Architect of the Capitol ruled the artwork should be removed for violating rules which governed the display of artwork in the legislative complex. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
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In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, noted handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold of Pittsburgh's East End discusses a letter writted by the unidentified Zodiak Killer with members of the Students Conquering Cold Cases Club at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburg. (Stephanie Strasburg /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP congressman reported Jan. 13 that a painting stirring controversy on Capitol Hill will be taken down on Tuesday as a result of a review by the agency responsible for maintaining the Capitol complex determined it violated rules for a student arts competition. The painting depicts Ferguson, Missouri, with the image of a pig in a police uniform aiming a gun at a protester. The painting was among hundreds completed by high school students that are featured in a tunnel leading to the Capitol. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
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In this Dec. 14, 2016 photo, Mark Haddad and other dancers watch as MonaLisa goes into a windmill during an open session at Central Mission Church in St. Paul, Minn. MonaLisa recalls "b-boys" practicing headspins in St. Paul's Central High School cafeteria. After college, she joined open sessions at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where she met Step Child. At those gatherings, "someone would come over and say 'Yo, try this.' Everyone was really welcoming." (Sam Harper/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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Alexandria Vera, 24, a former English teacher in the Aldine Independent School District, sits with her attorney Ricardo Rodriguez as they wait for her sentencing hearing to begin, Friday, Jan. 13, 2016, in Houston. The former Houston-area middle school teacher, who pleaded guilty last year to having a long-term sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy who impregnated her, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Bob Levey/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Alexandria Vera, right, a former English teacher in the Aldine Independent School District, arrives with her attorney Ricardo Rodriguez for her sentencing hearing, Friday, Jan. 13, 2016, in Houston. The former Houston-area middle school teacher, who pleaded guilty last year to having a long-term sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy who impregnated her, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Bob Levey/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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FILE- In this Jan. 25, 1995 file photo- New York City police officer Steven McDonald talks to students at a junior high school in New York. McDonald, who was paralyzed by a bullet and became an international voice for peace after he publicly forgave the gunman, died Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017 at the age of 59. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Parents Choosing Education Alternatives Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 15, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, teacher Lauren Halverson, center, works with Children's Hospital of Illinois patient Cortez Smith during an art class at the hospital in Peoria, Illinois. The room is packed with school supplies, books, computers and the desks of the three staff members who comprise the pediatric school. It serves as ground zero for the small staff and group of volunteers who help the thousands of school-age children who spend time in the hospital each year. (David Zalaznik/Journal Star via AP)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2003 file photo Wilda Redin, right, widow of Claude Hutcherson, who piloted the Wayland Baptist College (Texas) women's basketball team, points to the "First 100 Years" of women's basketball wall as 2003 Hall of Fame inductees, Leon Barmore, second from right, former Louisiana Tech coach; Doris Rogers, seven-time All-American with Wayland Baptist College; and Patsy Neal, left, three-time All-American with Nashville Business College; tour the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. Behind Rogers and Neal is Harley Redin, a 1999 inductee and Wayland Baptist College coach who is married to Wilda. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies however don't own the longest streak in women's college basketball. That belongs to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo spectators crammed the lofts to watch Princeton University's David Letourneau in a match against Trinity College's Manek Mathur, Jr. (yellow jersey) at the George A. Kellner Squash Center on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The streak ranks among the most impressive in sports but UConn's women don't own the longest winning streak in college sports history, or even in the state of Connecticut. That streak belongs to the Trinity University men's squash team. (AP Photo/George Ruhe, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, students and faculty recite the "Pledge of Allegiance" during an assembly at the Crystal Boarding School in Crystal, N.M., on the Navajo Nation. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, says U.S. Bureau of Indian Education schools are chronically understaffed, lack systems to provide special education and have a deficient curriculum. A coalition of advocacy groups announced the lawsuit involving Havasupai students at a northern Arizona school inside the Grand Canyon, but which could affect other BIE schools. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
