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Red-shirted members of the Kansas National Education Association in the gallery of the Kansas House chamber raise their hands to show support for public schools as members leave for a break, Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and is protesting a proposal in an education funding bill to rewrite tenure rules. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Members of the Kansas National Education Association sit outside the Kansas House chamber, following a debate on school funding legislation, Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The KNEA is the state's largest teachers' union and opposes a proposal in the measure to rewrite teacher tenure laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this March 3, 2014 photo, Abraham Lincoln High School principal Barnaby Payne listens as Bill Sanderson, executive director at San Francisco Unified School District speaks in Payne's office in San Francisco. To be eligible for California’s public universities, high school students must complete 15 classes with a grade of C or better, including two years of foreign language, lab science, intermediate algebra, and visual or performing arts. Yet fewer than four of 10 do, fueling worries the state is facing a shortage of college-educated workers when the earning power a bachelor’s degree has never been higher. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this March 3, 2014 photo, Valerie Ziegler, rear, teaches during 12th grade government class at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco. To be eligible for California’s public universities, high school students must complete 15 classes with a grade of C or better, including two years of foreign language, lab science, intermediate algebra, and visual or performing arts. Yet fewer than four of 10 do, fueling worries the state is facing a shortage of college-educated workers when the earning power a bachelor’s degree has never been higher. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this March 3, 2014 photo, Abraham Lincoln High School senior Jessica Hernandez is interviewed outside of her classroom in San Francisco. Hernandez, 17, had hoped to attend UC Berkeley but got a D in geometry in 10th grade, had to repeat it online after school, got behind in some classes and saw her grades slide. Hernandez now plans to attend community college and hopes to attend Berkeley as a junior and become the first in her family to earn a degree. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this March 3, 2014 photo, a student at walks under collegiate pennants in the college and career center at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco. To be eligible for California’s public universities, high school students must complete 15 classes with a grade of C or better, including two years of foreign language, lab science, intermediate algebra, and visual or performing arts. Yet fewer than four of 10 do, fueling worries the state is facing a shortage of college-educated workers when the earning power a bachelor’s degree has never been higher. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, second right, and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, right, visit a pre-kindergarten classroom at P.S.1 in New York. Now that the mayor has secured $300 million to put 4-year-olds in school, his administration must quickly find enough good teachers and classrooms to offer full-day pre-kindergarten for 53,000 children by September and another 20,000 by September, 2015. (AP Photo/New York Daily News, Susan Watts, Pool, File)
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FILE- In this April 3, 2014 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio works on a science project with pre-kindergarten pupil Justin De La Cruz during a visit to P.S.1 in New York. Now that the mayor has secured $300 million to put 4-year-olds in school, his administration must quickly find enough good teachers and classrooms to offer full-day pre-kindergarten to 53,000 children by September and another 20,000 by September 2015. (AP Photo/New York Daily News, Susan Watts, Pool, File)
