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Mayor Muriel Bowser with other dc political figures speaks during the dedication ceremony of the Jesse Owens Mural at The Reeves Center in Washington DC on April 10, 2015. The mural was designed by a group of students from The Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Photo by Kris Connor for Focus Features
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Students from The Duke Ellington School of the Arts pose with the Jesse Owens Mural at The Reeves Center in the District (Focus Features photographs)
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University students leave after treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital, Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya. One Kenyan student was killed and 141 injured in a stampede Sunday on the campus of the University of Nairobi when students mistook several accidental explosions for another extremist attack, according to an official. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
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This undated photo shows convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. A New Jersey teacher has been suspended after she had her third-grade students send get-well cards to the Pennsylvania prison inmate. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Chapman University says the protest signs that were plastered overnight Wednesday on the busts for conservative icons like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher can stay, citing the students' right to free speech. (Reddit/TheRealLouisWu)
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FILE - In this Sunday, April, 6, 2014 file photo, the Oxford eight, left, pull ahead of Cambridge as they take part in the 160th annual Oxford and Cambridge University boat Race on the River Thames in London. One of England’s oldest sporting institutions gets a new twist on Saturday, April 11, 2015 when the women’s and men’s Boat Races between universities Oxford and Cambridge are held on the same course and the same day for the first time. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)
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An independent review by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism said Rolling Stone magazine was reckless in vetting its sources, including the purported victim, identified only as "Jackie," and neglected "basic, even routine journalistic practice."
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An independent review by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism said Rolling Stone magazine was reckless in vetting its sources, including the purported victim, identified only as "Jackie," and neglected "basic, even routine journalistic practice."
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In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Memorial Middle School seventh and eighth grade science teacher Christopher Landry, background, is teaching 8th graders. (AP Photo/Sentinel & Enterprise, John Love) ** FILE **
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In December, 2008, President-elect Obama and Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan, left, mingle at Chicago's Dodge Renaissance Academy. Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, center, looks on. (AP Photo)
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Students protesting a pro-life display at University of Texas, Arlington gathered more than 200 signatures on Wednesday to have the 2,900 wooden crosses removed from the lawn at Central Library Mall. (Twitter/@PorLifeMavs)
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Students protesting a pro-life display at University of Texas, Arlington gathered more than 200 signatures on Wednesday to have the 2,900 wooden crosses removed from the lawn at Central Library Mall. (Twitter/@ProLifeMavs)
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Kenyan Muslims demonstrate against the attack and in solidarity with those Christians targeted in the attack, on a street in Garissa, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2015. The Islamic extremists who slaughtered 147 people at the college in northeast Kenya as they shouted "God is great" appeared to have planned extensively, even targeting a site where Christians had gone to pray, survivors said Friday. Sign on left in Swahili reads "We are very sorrowful, because of the killings of the students, at the school at Garissa". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Concord High School girl's golf coach Jess Dooley has been suspended without pay after she posted a tweet threatening to burn down a Walkerton pizza shop for refusing to cater gay weddings. (ABC 57)
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Duke University President Richard Brodhead speaks during a university-wide forum outside the Duke Chapel on campus Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/The Herald-Sun, Christine T. Nguyen) ** FILE **
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Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy Charter Schools during a charter school rally outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2015, AND THEREAFTER- In this March 28, 2015, photo, Sherando High School, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members Amelia Powers, left, Olivia Scott, second from left, and Lacey Johnson dance with Hilltop House Assisted Living resident Maria Jordaens during a senior prom in Winchester, Va. The dance, organized by two students from Sherando High School, brought smiles to the faces of many residents and took them back to their school days. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Scott Mason)
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Gerald Griggs, who represented Angela Williams, speaks to the media outside of the Fulton County Courthouse after his client was found guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Atlanta. Williams and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused of participating in a test cheating conspiracy that drew nationwide attention were convicted Wednesday of racketeering charges. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)
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Students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif. wear patriotic clothes on Cinco de Mayo, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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In this photo taken on March 25, 2015, Ohio State University President Michael Drake smiles for a portrait in his office on the university campus in Columbus, Ohio. Drake says the university it is committing $400 million over five years to lower students' costs and improve the value of their education. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Brooke LaValley) **FILE**
