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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to a room of students, educators and media at Dennis Early Learning Center in Rockford, Ill. Quinn was in town to expand on highlights from his State of the State speech, one of which is to increase funding for early childhood education. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn talks with students in a classroom at Dennis Early Learning Center in Rockford, Ill. Quinn was in town to expand on highlights from his State of the State speech, one of which is to increase funding for early childhood education. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, two students at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago return to their classroom hand-in-hand before a visit by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Hector Espinoza, left, and Maria Litsky work on an early education computer program at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago during a visit by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The governor made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual State of there State address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 photo, students at the Edwards Center for Young Learners in Chicago, talk around the podium as Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn outlines his initiative to provide more children in Illinois with access to high-quality early learning opportunities. Quinn made his “Birth to Five” early education push a major cornerstone of this year’s annual address to lawmakers. Yet, he’s proposing boosting an area that’s often one of the first victims of budget cuts when times are looking lean, with over $800 million in cuts to education since 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 3 - In this Nov. 25, 2013, photo, Bishop McGuinness guard Spencer Wilson brings the ball up against Union Grove during a high school basketball game in Kernersville, N.C. Wilson has survived two battles with cancer. (AP Photo/Winston-Salem Journal, Walt Unks)
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This photo taken Jan. 22, 2014, shows Florida Polytechnic University Admissions counselor Rachel Gordon, left, speaking to incoming 2014 Fall freshman student James Johnson, IV, of Lady Lake, left center, his mother Michelle Shideler, right center, and stepfather Garry Shideler as he and his family take a tour of the university campus and the new Innovation, Science and Technology Building designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Wednesday. Johnson is currently a senior at The Villages High School. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Michael Wilson)
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This photo taken Jan. 22, 2014, shows Florida Polytechnic University admissions counselor Rachel Gordon, left, speaking to incoming 2014 Fall freshman student James Johnson, IV, of Lady Lake, as he and his family take a tour of the university campus and the new Innovation, Science and Technology Building designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Johnson is currently a senior at The Villages High School. (AP Photo/The Ledger, Michael Wilson)
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FOR RELEASE MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST. - In this photo from Jan. 16, 2014, from left, West Texas A&M students Alex Parra and Rikki Boelens help Aly Hunt, 10, with her hand prosthesis in Canyon, Texas. Four West Texas A&M University students worked on an affordable mechanical hand design for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Sean Steffen)
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Scot Ferda addresses the crowd at Whitefish High School before a moment of silence in observance of the Jan. 21, 1984 bus tragedy on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in Whitefish, Mont. A bus carrying the Whitefish High School wrestling team crashed along U.S. Highway 2 on the southern edge of Glacier National Park in 1984. Nine died and 18 others were hospitalized in the deadliest highway accident in Montana history. (AP Photo/Flathead Beacon, Greg Lindstrom )
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, a young boy is taken on a stretcher from Cortland Elementary School in Cortland, Ill., after noxious gases released from the nearby landfill got caught in the school's ventilation system making dozens of students and teachers nauseous. None of the injuries or illnesses were life threatening. A DeKalb County judge has ordered Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., to take precautions to ensure that it doesn't happen again. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY FEB. 1 - An undated photo showsTammy McRoberts, left, and Kathryn Berger who teach in the La Crosse County juvenile detention center. Both were honored earlier this school year as Teachers of the Year by Wisconsin’s Juvenile Detention Educators Association.(AP Photo/La Crosse Tribune/Erik Daily)
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff listens to testimony during a public hearing on proposed new science textbooks., in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Education is poised to tighten rules on who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks for use statewide, hoping to tamp down future controversies over the teaching of evolution and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, pro-science supporters rally prior to a State Board of Education public hearing on proposed new science textbooks, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Education is poised to tighten rules on who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks for use statewide, hoping to tamp down future controversies over the teaching of evolution and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
