Students at Durham's Southern High School will watch President Barack Obama’s education speech Tuesday alongside Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Obama is scheduled to speak at noon Tuesday about education success, and the administration has sent out educational materials to schools to accompany the talk, reports Barb Barrett. The speech and the materials have drawn criticism from some who say Obama is wrongly injecting politics into the public schools, but the White House says the speech will be focused on encouraging children to succeed.
As part of the speech, members of Obama’s cabinet are joining students across the country. Jackson is scheduled to be at Southern. According to the White House, she will join the students in watching the speech live, then engage in a discussion about taking responsibility for education.
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