Education

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is among Republicans feeling pressure to defund Obamacare.

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray stops for a high-five from first-grader Jaiair Wade, 5, as he walks with Principal Rebecca Crouch (left) at DC Scholars Public Charter School. "To go to school after school and see them engaging like it's the second week and not the first day, it's tremendously uplifting," Mr. Gray said.

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First-graders make their way to class as they return to school after a summer away from lessons and homework. (Photographs by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Kindergarten teacher Nick Brooks calls on eager students who raise their hands during a lesson in his classroom on the first day of school at DC Scholars Public Charter School in Southeast. (Photographs by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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Kindergarten teacher Salon Turner (right) helps Taniyah Cristwellis (center) and other students with a worksheet on opening day at DC Scholars Public Charter School.

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Redskins receiver Pierre Garcon poses with players on the Springbrook High School football team after providing them with new uniforms on Aug. 20, 2013 as part of his partnership with Russell Athletic.

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President Obama speaks about college financial aid at Henninger High School in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, on the first day of a two day bus tour. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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**FILE** President Obama pauses while speaking about college financial aid at Henninger High School in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 2013, the first day of a two-day bus tour. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** The Golden Dome on the campus of the University of Notre Dame outside South Bend, Ind., is pictured on Dec. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Derek Sheely, Frostburg State University football player who died in 2011. (Frostburg State University)

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Students listen as President Obama speaks at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at the beginning of a two-day bus tour. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)