RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia schools are fielding questions about a speech President Obama plans to make to students after conservative columnists and talk-radio personalities roundly criticized what they're calling an attempt to indoctrinate children.
Virginia Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle said Thursday that a number of school divisions asked the agency for
guidance this week after local officials heard from parents concerned about the address.
The department says it's up to districts to determine whether a school or class views the address, and teachers who choose to
incorporate the president's speech into their lessons are also free to develop their own classroom activities.
Obama plans to speak directly to school-age children via a broadcast from Arlington on Tuesday as part of an attempt to highlight the importance of taking responsibility for their education and staying in school.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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