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Obama's back-to-school speech coming Tuesday
- 09-13-2010
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By Dakarai Aarons/Education Week
President Obama will address America's schoolchildren in his second back-to school speech Tuesday in Philadelphia. The president's address will be given at 1 p.m. EST at Julia R. Masterman School, a middle and high school magnet in Philadelphia. The public school, which has ranked No. 45 on U.S. News and World Report's list of top high schools, boasts of sending 93 percent of its students on to college, according to Rita Giordano of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It serves students in grades 5 to 12, including the mayor's daughter. The White House and the U.S. Department of Education have been notably silent this year on the details, no doubt trying to avoid the massive furor that erupted last year, which caused a political drama that went on for nearly two weeks. The debate over Obama's speech rose to such a level that even former first lady Laura Bush was compelled to publicly defend him. (more…)
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