claim: a scheduled speech by president barack obama will be "the first time an american president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school."
author: arne duncan
evidence_1: sep 17, 2009 ... on september 8, 2009, president barack obama delivered a national address to  the students of america. during this special address, the president spoke directly  to the nation's children and youth about persisting and succeeding in school. the  president challenged students to work hard, set educational ...
evidence_2: dec 4, 2013 ... over the past 10 years, the center for american progress has done incredible  work to shape the debate over expanding opportunity for all americans. .... words  than a child from a well-off family, which means by the time she starts school  she's already behind, and that deficit can compound itself over time.
evidence_3: in december 2006, obama spoke at a new hampshire event celebrating  democratic party midterm election victories in the first-in-the-nation u.s.  presidential primary state, drawing 1500 people. speaking at a democratic  national committee meeting one week before the february announcement,  obama called for putting ...
evidence_4: feb 12, 2013 ... but we gather here knowing that there are millions of americans whose hard  work and dedication have not yet been rewarded. our economy is adding jobs --  but too many people still can't find full-time employment. corporate profits have  skyrocketed to all-time highs -- but for more than a decade, wages ...
evidence_5: jun 1, 2016 ... president obama makes a return visit to concord community high school in  elkhart, indiana, to talk about jobs and the economy. ... than half, doubled the  clean energy that we produce. for the first time ever, more than 90 percent of the  country has health insurance. (applause.) 00:08:09, barack obama.