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The problem with Obama’s speech to students
- 09-29-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
There’s no reason why a president — any president — shouldn’t be allowed to give a nonpartisan speech to students across the country during the school day that urges them to take their studies seriously. And there’s no reason why schools — some of which have no problem yanking kids out of class for a pep rally — shouldn’t allow students to see and hear a message of academic responsibility being delivered directly to them by the leader of their country. It’s just unfortunate that President Obama’s education policies don’t actually match the vision of learning he painted in the speech he gave today at Benjamin Banneker High School in Washington and beamed nationwide to schools. (more...)
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