Two things from yesterday

Sorry, off for the primary yesterday...

While I was off, two things of educational import happened:

• the President gave his start-of-school address to students. You can watch it here or read the text. (Note that you can also watch it on the Worcester Public Schools website: nice one!) Note that the choice of location of Masterman was not without controversy. Obama was very directly speaking to students this year about working hard in school. I wish he were a bit less focused on the "America is going to succeed in the 21st century" message..once in awhile, it would be nice to acknowledge these students as the future citizens of America, not just the future workers.
  
• the 2010 MCAS results by district were released. The WPS site is linking to a useful tutorial for parents from the state. Note that individual student results will be out in a few weeks.