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Palestinian high school students demonstrate how to disassemble weapons during their graduation ceremony from a Hamas-run military training program in Gaza City, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Thousands of male Palestinian students learned how to climb down buildings on ropes, run through obstacle courses and crawl under barbed wire in weekly one-hour mandatory sessions. Older students also learned how to use light weapons, while younger ones practiced with wooden mock rifles. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting hosted by Univision at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C., March 28. 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Boston College forward Ryan Anderson (12) attempts to drive through the defense of Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas, right, and Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney (10) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game at Boston College in Boston, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Boston College fans attempt to distract Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney (10) as he shoots a free-throw during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Boston, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Syracuse forward C.J. Fair (5) drives toward the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Boston, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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A school bus is parked near Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Jan.13, 2014. A federal judge began hearing arguments Monday about whether to approve a settlement agreement that would allow the state to stop making payments to help fund racial integration in three Little Rock-area school districts. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Two students walks in a hallway at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Jan.13, 2014. A federal judge in Little Rock began hearing argument Monday on a settlement agreement that would end special state aid earmarked for desegregation efforts. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Linda Peterson, right, a teacher at Battle Ground Middle School in Battle Ground, Wash., talks with Rep. Brandon Vick, R-Vancouver, left, on the first day of the 2014 session of the Washington state Legislature, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Peterson and other teachers were handing out cans of cola soda to lobby for the passage of a cost-of-living salary adjustment for teachers this year, also known as a "COLA." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)