Obama School Address with Lesson Plans

President Obama announced yesterday that at 12:00 p.m. ET. On September 8, 2009 he would address school students across the nation. Since that announcement, controversy has ensued as many parents and school officials wonder if the President is pushing education or politics. The lesson plans found on the Department of Education’s website have also drawn their fair share of controversy.

President Obama has stated that the purpose of the school address is to encourage children to stay in school. President Obama has previously discussed the importance of parents and child care givers in the responsibility of ensuring children set educational goals and are empowered to achieve them. In Tuesday’s school address, he aims at telling children the importance that they play in their own education. Most importantly, setting their own goals and striving to be all that they can be.

Controversy ensued after suggested lesson plan materials, materials on the Department of Education website that would be used to help reinforce the speech, were written as if students would well receive encouragement from President Obama. What became offensive to many was a portion of a lesson plan that read as follows, “Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals.”

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