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Brigitte Macron, left, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Global Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education Rihanna meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss France's contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Brigitte Macron, left, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Global Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education Rihanna meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss France's contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Brigitte Macron, left, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Global Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education Rihanna meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss France's contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Brigitte Macron, left, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Global Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education Rihanna meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss France's contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017, photo, Ashley Moretti, left, and Candace Wright, use their eclipse shades to look at the sun as they pose for a portrait at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. The district bought 11,000 pairs of solar glasses, enough for every student and staff member to view the eclipse from Twin Falls. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)
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In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017, photo, Candace Wright talks about the preparations the school is making for the total solar eclipse at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. The district bought 11,000 pairs of solar glasses, enough for every student and staff member to view the eclipse from Twin Falls. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)
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FILE - This March 21, 2017 file photo, shows the entrance to West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, N.M. New results show many high schools in New Mexico's four largest cities continue to struggle with upper-level math and reading tests. An analysis by The Associated Press of data released this week on PARCC tests showed a majority of high school students in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe combined didn't score proficient or better in math and reading in 2017. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
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This combination of photos provided by Boston University shows sections from a normal brain, top, and from the brain of former University of Texas football player Greg Ploetz, bottom, in stage IV of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. According to a report released on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, by the Journal of the American Medical Association, research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. (Dr. Ann McKee/BU via AP) ** FILE **
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People attend funeral services for U.S. Marines Cpl. Dan Baldassare, a Marine killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi, at the Colts Neck High School football field, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Colts Neck, N.J. Baldassare was among 15 Marines and a Navy sailor who died when the military transport plane slammed into soybean fields in the Mississippi Delta on July 10. Baldassare had graduated from the school in 2015 and played on its football team for four years. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A funeral procession for U.S. Marines Cpl. Dan Baldassare, a Marine killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi, drives on the track around the Colts Neck High School football field, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Colts Neck, N.J. Baldassare was among 15 Marines and a Navy sailor who died when the military transport plane slammed into soybean fields in the Mississippi Delta on July 10. Baldassare had graduated from the school in 2015 and played on its football team for four years. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Minnesota's Department of Education has advised teachers to ask students for their preferred pronouns. (Image: 20th Century Fox Television, "The Simpsons" screenshot)
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This combination of photos provided by Boston University shows sections from a normal brain, top, and from the brain of former University of Texas football player Greg Ploetz, bottom, in stage IV of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. According to a report released on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 by the Journal of the American Medical Association, research on the brains of 202 former football players has confirmed what many feared in life _ evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a devastating disease in nearly all the samples, from athletes in the NFL, college and even high school. (Dr. Ann McKee/BU via AP) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this 1974 file photo, Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler looks to pass. Research on the brains of 202 former football players has confirmed what many feared in life _ evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a devastating disease in nearly all the samples, from athletes in the NFL, college and even high school. Stabler is among the cases previously reported. (AP Photo/File)
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In this photo taken July 20, 2017, the sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School is photographed in Falls Church, Va. A two-year debate over whether to change the name of a northern Virginia high school honoring a Confederate general is coming to an end. The Fairfax County school board is scheduled to vote Thursday, July 27, 2017, on whether to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High in Falls Church. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)
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In this photo taken July 20, 2017, the sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School is photographed in Falls Church, Va. A two-year debate over whether to change the name of a northern Virginia high school honoring a Confederate general is coming to an end. The Fairfax County school board is scheduled to vote Thursday, July 27, 2017, on whether to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High in Falls Church. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)
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In this photo taken July 20, 2017, the sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School is photographed in Falls Church, Va. A two-year debate over whether to change the name of a northern Virginia high school honoring a Confederate general is coming to an end. The Fairfax County school board is scheduled to vote Thursday, July 27, 2017, on whether to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High in Falls Church. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)
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Bre'r Donald, he always was a smart 'un. (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Kristina Rasmussen, left, the new chief of staff for Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, watches as Rauner enters a news conference at Auburn High School Friday, July 21, 2017, in Auburn, Ill. Rauner said he wants lawmakers to send him an education funding bill by noon Monday or face daily special sessions until month's end to ensure the school bell rings on time. The Republican repeated his vow that he would use an amendatory veto to take out of the legislation portions he says are too generous to Chicago. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Kristina Rasmussen, the new chief of staff for Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, watches a news conference with the governor at Auburn High School Friday, July 21, 2017, in Auburn, Ill. Rauner said he wants lawmakers to send him an education funding bill by noon Monday or face daily special sessions until month's end to ensure the school bell rings on time. The Republican repeated his vow that he would use an amendatory veto to take out of the legislation portions he says are too generous to Chicago. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at Auburn High School Friday, July 21, 2017, in Auburn, Ill. Rauner said he wants lawmakers to send him an education funding bill by noon Monday or face daily special sessions until month's end to ensure the school bell rings on time. The Republican repeated his vow that he would use an amendatory veto to take out of the legislation portions he says are too generous to Chicago. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
