Education

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Parents pick up Hermosa Elementary School students evacuating due to the Etiwanda Fire in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Dry, gusty Santa Ana winds are fanning a wildfire in the foothills of Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Leo Jarzomb)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, background center right, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), laughs as he walks with GRAAFICS students (from left) Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, Keeozel Saul, 16, and Devon Collins, 16, of East New York, in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. They along with other students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), stands on a corner in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. Background left are Jamal Williams, 18, and Keeozel Saul, 16, who are in the program. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, right, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), talks with GRAAFICS students (from left) Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, Keeozel Saul, 16, and Devon Collins, 16, of East New York, in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. They along with other students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, right, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), talks with GRAAFICS students (from left) Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, Keeozel Saul, 16, and Devon Collins, 16, of East New York, in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. They along with other students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), walks with GRAAFICS students Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, Devon Collins, 16, of East New York, and Jamal Williams, 18 (background right) in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. They along with other students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, from left, GRAAFICS student Devon Collins, 16, of East New York, stands near GTAAFICS students Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, Jamal Williams, 18, and Keeozel Saul, 16, after they attended an internship as part of their classwork. GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center), a program they are part of at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School, is designed for individuals who have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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In a photograph taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Dr. Kai Smith, former gang member and now founder and Executive Director of GRAAFICS (Gang Diversion, reentry and Absent Father Intervention Center) jokes with student Tyasia Blair, 16, of East New York, as they walk with other GRAAFICS students in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. They along with other students at the nearby Brooklyn Collegiate High School enter the GRAAFICS program if they have been part of a "crew," and work to stay focused on getting on with their educations and lives without being part of a neighborhood crew. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)