Obama Commencement Address: Public High Schools Compete For President To Deliver Speech

WASHINGTON — The White House is offering public high schools across the country a chance to win a commencement address by President Barack Obama.

For the second year in a row, the White House is challenging students to demonstrate how their school prepares them for college and a career. Obama will speak at the winning school's graduation, as he did last year at Michigan's Kalamazoo Central High School.

The contest is part of Obama's Race to the Top education initiative to reform the nation's schools.

The White House says more than 1,000 high schools competed in last year's contest.

Comments

[jennylynn]

07:51 PM on 02/03/2011

why?

[SangZe]

08:55 AM on 02/02/2011

They're paying not to have him come?

[jennylynn]

07:52 PM on 02/03/2011

Obviously.

[francny]

04:48 PM on 02/01/2011

What a great incentive for the kids!!

[saveourplanet]

04:43 PM on 02/01/2011

GREAT job Pres. Obama promoting your Race to the Top race for better higher education in our nation's schools!

YES WE CAN!

[Stacey Scott]

05:35 PM on 02/01/2011

And YES WE CAN AGAIN!!! Great incentive for kids across the country.

[changing]

06:09 PM on 02/01/2011

Maybe he can go to Cental High and see how those kids felt about his trashing of their teachers. He can apologize to every teacher in America for his ignorance, arrogance, and disrespect. He can fire Arne and hire Linda Darling. That would be the first step in ending his destruction of public education.

[sawyer0413]

02:37 PM on 02/02/2011

@changing

I read the transcript of the President's speech at Kalamazoo Central High School. It was posted here:

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/06/full_text_president_obamas_spe.html

As far as I can read, he didn't say anything to trash the teachers. I would be interested to read what you thought he said to trash teachers.