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To: LindyBill who wrote (322357)9/3/2009 2:36:40 AM
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FOX said tonight there is a "revision" from the DoE: Critics Say Obama Should Stay Out of the Classroom
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
By Bret Baier

foxnews.com

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
Superintendent in Chief?

The White House is facing opposition from several groups over next week's national address by President Obama to school students, with one critic calling him "superintendent in chief."

The Department of Education has offered a series of classroom activities to coincide with the speech. Students in grades K through six are encouraged to read books about past presidents and Barack Obama. But other suggestions include writing, "letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president."

For grades seven through 12, proposed activities include asking questions like "How will (President Obama) inspire us? How will he challenge us?"

Some critics are concerned the lesson plans amount to a form of indoctrination.

Neal McCluskey of the CATO Institute says, "It essentially tries to force kids to say the president and the presidency is inspiring and that's very problematic."

And Frederick Hess, an education policy director at the conservative think tank AEI, says: "I don't think it's appropriate for teachers to ask students to help promote the president's preferred school reforms and policies."
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