Obama's Speech to National Urban League Video

Obama speaks for the first 10 minutes on the issues of the day, from the economy to Shirley Sherrod. Then he begins speaking about education. We're No. 12! See the Race to the Top finalists here. A transcript of the speech is here.

Obama says he supports charter schools -- good ones. He touts Mastery Charter School as one of the good ones.

The "good ball player" and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks to National Press Club:

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