Obama Speech Good for Wakefield, But I Haven't Changed My Mind

Jay Matthews:

The president's speech at Wakefield High was a wonderful experience for those hard-working students and the school's exceptional staff. I was particularly taken with the president's generosity in answering questions from students before the speech. They will remember this day forever.

But as I said in my much-maligned blog post on Friday, I don't think it was nearly as big a thrill for students who weren't there, but watched it on TV at their own schools. It was a great speech, saying all the right stuff. The president knows exactly what is wrong with our schools, and talks about the solutions more clearly and vividly than I do. But most kids have heard versions of his speech before, and without his physical presence, moment loses a lot of its electricity.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 8, 2009 10:56 PM
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