You can watch Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren today at 11 a.m. (Chicago time) via the White House's official website or via C-Span, who have also posted videos of speeches to school students from Presidents Reagan (1988) and George H.W. Bush (1991). We'll be watching because we're suckers for anything endorsed by Tony Stewart.
After all the hype over President Obama's televised speech to schoolchildren, today it came down to scenes like the one at Barlow School in Plainfield: rows of students sitting in a darkened gymnasium and watching the nation's leader urge them to work hard, set goals and do their homework.
In some New Jersey school districts, the noon address stirred controversy. In the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, where students could watch the speech or opt out, officials had been flooded with calls and e-mails, beginning last week, from parents pro and con, spokeswoman Maren Smagala said. She said a "minimal" number of students sat out the speech.
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