Rewarding School Reform with Top Honors

Rewarding School Reform with Top Honors

What a graduation to remember!  In a surprise visit, President Obama gave the commencement address at Memphis’ Booker T. Washington High School. As USA Today reports, an academic turnaround at the urban school earned graduating seniors the address by none other than President Obama. The story of the school’s successful “race to the top” inspires goose bumps. 

Check out these news reports and videos: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/05/16/exp.tsr.sylvester.race.to.top.cnn?iref=allsearch

http://www.bet.com/news/national/2011/05/16/obama-delivers-commencement-address-at-south-memphis-high-school.html?ftcnt=HP_News

 http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/16/president-visits-memphis-high-school-graduation/?iref=allsearch

 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-05-10-obama-high-school-graduation-address-memphis_n.htm