September 9, 2009 4:32PM 

# New Video: Assessing Obama’s Speech to Schoolkids 

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In this new video, Cato scholars Neal McCluskey and Gene Healy weigh in on President Obama’s speech to schoolchildren on their first day of class.

Overall message: It’s not about the speech.

[Watch:](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B29yMnuUPeA)

Cato education policy experts were very vocal about the whole ordeal, and the implications of Obama’s speech. Cato’s [Education and Child Policy tagged posts](https://www.cato.org/category/education-child-policy/) have more details.

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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