Politics | Barack Obama White House Backs Off on Lesson Plan Teachers won't ask kids to say 'how they can help the president' By Nick McMaster Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:45 PM CDT Copied Heather Renehan, second left, poses with her daughters, from left, Sami, Jessi and Ally, at their home in Richmond, Va., Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) In response to criticism over a speech President Obama plans to deliver to schoolchildren Tuesday, the White House will make the text of the speech available for review by teachers and school officials a day earlier, the Dallas Morning News reports. The administration also changed a widely criticized part of the proposed lesson plan designed to accompany the speech: it originally suggested pre-K through sixth-grade students make lists of “how they can help the president.” The new plan now calls for them to discuss how they “can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals.” Read These Next You're probably saying 'Denzel' wrong. Congress shares the 'missing minute' from Epstein jail video. Something weird is happening in the Gulf of Panama. Jet lag apparently played a role in this CEO's downfall. Report an error