On the morning of January 19th, the Reader of the Free World and his faithful teleprompter bravely ventured into areas where no teleprompter has gone before--a Virginia Elementary school. The Brave Little TOTUS stood up to his fears of being manhandled. The Secret Service shook-down the worst of the sixth graders and the rest were on their best behavior. And they all lived happily ever after.
This morning the President and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan paid a visit to Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia where they had a chat with about 30 6th grade students. The conversation put a face to the people they were trying to help with the President's latest investment of more than a billion dollars in next year's budget to amp up the President’s "Race to the Top" program – a competition to incentivize success that has already generated an overwhelming response from states, with over 30 states expected to compete for first-round funding.
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