July 30, 2010
Updated Sep 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM PDT
President Obama will be speaking live to students across the country today.
The speech has sparked controversy from parents who say they don't want their kids used as a captive political audience.
The White House has released the entire transcript of the speech for parents and schools to review.
The speech is 18 minutes long and the President will discuss his education, challenges and mistakes he learned as a student.
Officials say President Obama will also emphasize how education can lead to individual and National success.
Prominent Republicans are defending the speech.
Some schools have decided not to show the speech to students and some parents have threatened to keep their kids home from school.
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