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A gender-neutral restroom at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt., is seen here in 2007. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In Mohmand Agency, a teacher reads the lesson to her students. The government-run girl’s primary school does not exist anymore, as it was destroyed in a bomb attack by the militants who oppose education for girls. Now these girls come to our house and my mother teaches them at home. Photo / Hina Gul Mohmand
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After school, boys head home in Murree. These two brothers hold hands, expressing friendship and bonding. Photo / Faryal Mohmand
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Children playfully work on their homework after school. They sit in the fields in the evening near their house in a village near Peshawar. Photo / Shah Jehan
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**FILE** Kansas state Sen. Steve Abrams, an Arkansas City Republican, argues in favor of a bill to pause implementation of the multi-state, Common Core standards for reading and math in public schools before his colleagues approve it on June 1, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Abrams is a former State Board of Education chairman. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on May 19, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Jake Johansen was selected No. 68 overall in the 2013 MLB draft by the Washington Nationals. A right-hander out of Dallas Baptist University, Johansen agreed to terms with the Nationals on Friday. (Photo via Dallas Baptist University Athletics)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama views a math project during a tour of Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, N.C., Thursday, June 6, 2013. The president traveled to Mooresville, N.C., to promote his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
