Parents dub Sept.8 "Keep Your Kids at Home Day":Widespread movement to opt-out of Obama's televised speech to children
Following widespread concern about President Obama's nationally televised address to schoolchildren, many parents and schools are opting to forgo the Sept. 8 speech. School officials have been asked to take a break from normal educational activities to allow students to view the speech from the president and participate in recommended brainstorming exercises following the broadcast. Obama will give the speech at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. The speech is scheduled to broadcast live at 12 noon EST on C-SPAN and at whitehouse.gov. But parents across the nation are complaining about the speech taking up valuable classroom instruction time and possibly "indoctrinating" young children.....