Education

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This Wednesday Feb. 26, 2014 photo provided by Virginia Commonwealth University shows VCU women's basketball coach, Marlene Stollings directing her team during a game against University of Richmond in Richmond, Va. Minnesota has hired Marlene Stollings from VCU as the replacement for women's basketball coach Pam Borton. (AP Photo/Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Athletics)

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Members of the Kansas National Education Association watch from the gallery in the House as members debate a school funding plan opposed by the group, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and opposes the plan over provisions eliminating teacher tenure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Reps. Shanti Gandhi, left, a Topeka Republican, and David Crum, an Augusta Republican, confer during the House's debate on a school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The plan boosts aid to poor school districts but eliminates tenure for public school teachers. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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University of Iowa student Cameron Dey holds his design for a mold in the Design for Manufacturing course at the UI Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences in Iowa City on March 27, 2014. In the past 10 years, UI's College of Engineering has grown 70 percent — 30 percent in the past four years alone. Of those graduating, 98 percent leave school with jobs that have a median starting salary of more than $60,000. (AP Photo/Iowa City Press-Citizen, Benjamin Roberts) NO SALES

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Bubbles role off a platinum wire in unison in what is called a "transition to nucleate boiling" experiment in Pablo Carrica's Experimental Engineering course held at the University of Iowa Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences in Iowa City on March 27, 2014. In the past 10 years, UI's College of Engineering has grown 70 percent — 30 percent in the past four years alone. Of those graduating, 98 percent leave school with jobs that have a median starting salary of more than $60,000. (AP Photo/Iowa City Press-Citizen, Benjamin Roberts) NO SALES

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Cameron Dey receives instructions from Teaching Assistant Austin Krebill, right, in the Design for Manufacturing course at the University of Iowa Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences in Iowa City on March 27, 2014. In the past 10 years, UI's College of Engineering has grown 70 percent — 30 percent in the past four years alone. Of those graduating, 98 percent leave school with jobs that have a median starting salary of more than $60,000. (AP Photo/Iowa City Press-Citizen, Benjamin Roberts) NO SALES

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From left, University of Iowa students Sam Mate, Tom Harter, Joe Schneider, and Marie Schulz work in Pablo Carrica's Experimental Engineering course held at the UI Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences in Iowa City, on March 27, 2014. In the past 10 years, UI's College of Engineering has grown 70 percent — 30 percent in the past four years alone. Of those graduating, 98 percent leave school with jobs that have a median starting salary of more than $60,000. (AP Photo/Iowa City Press-Citizen, Benjamin Roberts) NO SALES

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Ethan Chaplin, a 7th-grader at Glen Meadow Middle School in Vernon Township, was suspended from school Thursday for twirling his pencil around in math class and making another student uncomfortable. (News 12 New Jersey)

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In this Sunday, April 6, 2014 photo released by Grand Valley State University, sets of twins pose for a group photo in the field house at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. The school says there are 101 sets of twins this year, and that 52 sets of currently enrolled twin students showed up. They were joined by 12 sets of twins who are alumni and even a few infant twins. (AP Photo/Grand Valley State University, Amanda Pitts)

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In this March 18, 2014 photo the 'Math Minions,' sixth graders at Oak Grove Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota, pose for a photo with Motif Investing founder Hardeep Walia, center right rear, and math teacher Dave Carlson, right rear, at Oak Grove Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota. Carlson started a competition between regular and advance math classes at Oak Grove and registered his students with Motif Investing, a company that enables customers to buy baskets of stocks. In the end, Carlson’s regular math class yielded a nearly 22 percent gain and trounced every university club participating in a contest that was held at the same time. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

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In this March 18, 2014 photo Motif Investing founder Hardeep Walia talks with staff at Oak Grove Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota. Sixth grade teacher Dave Carlson started a competition between regular and advance math classes at Oak Grove and registered his students with Motif Investing, a company that enables customers to buy baskets of stocks. In the end, Carlson’s regular math class yielded a nearly 22 percent gain and trounced every university club participating in a contest that was held at the same time. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

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In this March 18, 2014 photo Motif Investing founder Hardeep Walia talks with staff at Oak Grove Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota. Sixth grade teacher Dave Carlson started a competition between regular and advance math classes at Oak Grove and registered his students with Motif Investing, a company that enables customers to buy baskets of stocks. In the end, Carlson’s regular math class yielded a nearly 22 percent gain and trounced every university club participating in a contest that was held at the same time. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

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In this March 18, 2014 photo Motif Investing founder Hardeep Walia talks with sixth grade students at Oak Grove Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota. Sixth grade teacher Dave Carlson started a competition between regular and advance math classes at Oak Grove and registered his students with Motif Investing, a company that enables customers to buy baskets of stocks. In the end, Carlson’s regular math class yielded a nearly 22 percent gain and trounced every university club participating in a contest that was held at the same time. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)