I liked the speech. I support Obama's goals for our country and agree with his emphasis on education as a way to get there.
I am glad he values our children and is seeking to improve their education and their future. I thought he did a great job of challenging parents to become involved in their children's education and to support teachers' high standards with high standards of their own. His story about his daughter was EXCELLENT.
I do worry that he listens a bit too attentively to NYC's Joel Klein about how to fix public schools. I hope he understands that NYC (and Chicago, for that matter) is not the whole country. And I hope he understands that teachers are a big part of what is RIGHT about our schools...they are NOT what is wrong.
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