Education

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Students, parents and staff who are frustrated with state education funding demonstrate Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near Central High School in Philadelphia ahead of a scheduled visit by Gov. Tom Corbett. The governor is expected to present the school with an award for its academic performance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, students in Teah Pray’s third-grade class at Lead-Deadwood Elementary School in Deadwood, S.D., recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Lead-Deadwood School District is the latest in South Dakota to have students at all grade levels recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, Jaci Conrad Pearson)

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Syracuse forward C.J. Fair (5) shoots during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Boston, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Syracuse 69-59. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman directs his players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in College Park, Md., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Maryland won 77-62. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade teacher Julie Ann Mitchell uses a microphone connected to an FM wireless signal that connects to a receiver in the hearing aid of her third-grade student Danny Castro to help him hear what she is teaching. School officials purchased an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)

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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade student Danny Castro listens to his teacher Julie Ann Mitchell using an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)

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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade teacher Julie Ann Mitchell uses a microphone connected to an FM wireless signal that connects to a receiver in the hearing aid of her third-grade student Danny Castro to help him hear what she is teaching. School officials purchased an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Tango a 4 year old Leonberger sits at the feet of students in D'Nae Wilson's Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Student Noah Riddle, 11, completes his worksheet while petting Tango a 4 year old Leonberger in D'Nae Wilson's Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday Jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Tango a 4 year old Leonberger, at left, roams the desks as her owner D'Nae Wilson, right, teaches the Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Students Adaline Utley, 11 from left, Miranda Villegas, 13, Bryan Gonzaless, 14, and Trinity Ramos, 13, take a moment to pet Tango a 4 year old Leonberger in D'Nae Wilson's Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday Jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Tango a 4 year old Leonberger sits at the feet of her owner D'Nae Wilson while she teaches the Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday Jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)

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**FILE** Supporters of Berrendo Middle School hold welcome backs signs and balloons while waving American flags and yellow ribbons, greet returning students, parents and teachers back to the school Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. Two days after the shooting that involved three students and forced the evacuation and closing of the school. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)

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Supporters of Berrendo Middle School hold welcome backs signs and balloons while waving American flags and yellow ribbons, greet returning students, parents and teachers back to the school, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Roswell, N.M. Two days after the shooting that involved three students and forced the evacuation and closing of the school. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)