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President Barack Obama is introduced by Kenmore Middle School student Antonio Martin before signing The Every Student Succeeds Act during a ceremony. The new law is supposed to eliminate the “one-size-fits-all mandates” of the unpopular 2001 No Child Left Behind Act
Deputy Ben Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh. heavy.com/news/2015/10/b…
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deray mckesson (@deray) October 26, 2025Let's be clear... NOBODY would be asking what that little girl did to deserve a police assault if she were white.
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Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) October 26, 2025****
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh illustrates the kind of police brutality & power trip no civil society should tolerate. https://t.co/GEaXPhmvCh
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RiLEY (@iMadeSmartCool) October 26, 2025****
How long will it take for Officer Fields to say that he "feared for his life," which caused him to assault her? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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deray mckesson (@deray) October 26, 2025The full video of the Spring Valley High School Police Officer brutally assaulting a peaceful student. https://t.co/oHIS8GrtSS
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Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 26, 2025****
That video shows normal policing in that school. No one looks surprised likely Bc this ain't the 1st they've see it twitter.com/theangryfangir…
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Afro State of Mind (@AfroStateOfMind) October 26, 2025That video is the latest of disturbingly violent altercations involving school cops. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh motherjones.com/mojo/2015/10/v…
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Jaeah J. Lee (@jaeahjlee) October 26, 2025****
To many white people, it's unfathomable that police would anything bad or excessive to somebody without reason based on OUR experiences.
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#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
He's been getting away with it for years - from 2005:
heavy.com/news/2015/10/b… https://t.co/kZGXMiKCt9
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) October 27, 2025"The video then shows the student resisting."
Sitting. The video shows the student sitting.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) October 27, 2025****
I was thrown out of my junior year algebra class several times a week for insubordination. Never assaulted.
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(@pnkrokhockeymom) October 26, 2025Also hi, can we talk about the administrator & teacher who watched this happen & didn't try to stop it? Cops aren't the only problem.
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) October 26, 2025****
It's not enough to get the cops out of schools. We also have to change this mindset that kids who disobey should be criminalized
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) October 26, 2025Walking home carrying skittles &tea.
Hands Up n the air.
Playing n a park.
Sleeping in gmas arms.
Sitting in a desk.
still brutalized...
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The school has $ for a resource officer, do they have trained counselors to deal w/ the aftermath for these kids? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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April (@ReignOfApril) October 26, 2025Among the awful things about the Spring Valley video is the other kids just sit there because they know what can happen if they try to help.
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laura olin (@lauraolin) October 26, 2025****
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh we shouldn't have to imagine back girls white to imagine them safe
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Imperator Amazonia (@Blackamazon) October 27, 2025Screw that 'we haven't heard the whole story' crap. Unless she had a cruise missile on her, I've seen enough. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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John (@linnyitssn) October 27, 2025
President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran Nuclear Deal. The landmark deal will limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. The agreement, which comes after almost two years of diplomacy, has also been praised by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
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President Barack Obama says goodbye to Vice President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Finnegan Biden before departing the White House. It’s so beautiful to see how close the Obamas and Bidens are
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President Barack Obama speaks on expanding economic opportunity for communities across the country during a visit to the Choctaw Nation in Durant, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation is the country’s third-largest Native American tribe
Choctaw Nation member Kelsey Janway wipes tears from her eyes as President Barack Obama tells her story about her efforts trying to get an internet signal as he visits with the Choctaw Nation in Durant, Oklahoma
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"When you can apply for a job...pay your bills...with a tap of your phone, the internet is not a luxury—it’s a necessity." —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 15, 2025“A child’s ability to succeed should not be based on where she lives [or] how much money her parents make.” —@POTUS http://t.co/xRnpti3F5Y
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"We’re in this together. We’re bound by a shared commitment to leave a better world for our children" —@POTUS to Choctaw Nation #ConnectHome
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 15, 2025"The internet is not a luxury, it's a necessity." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/ConnectHome #ConnectHome snpy.tv/1Lk4Xf6
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So honored @POTUS is gracing our tribe with his presence. http://t.co/SWftBerztU
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Kerry Steve (@SteveKerry) July 15, 2025Turner Norman is an assistant with the Durant Chamber of Commerce. This is his message to the @POTUS http://t.co/f8cfTNAVpE
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Adam Kemp (@Adam_WK) July 15, 2025****
Long lines forming as people wait to pass through security checkpoints before entering Durant High School. #ObamaInOK http://t.co/KcMKf2QbXX
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(@NewsOK) July 15, 2025Parents in Durant chalk up sidewalk to draw @BarackObama attention from the air. @kgounews http://t.co/zwoghcqoWb
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Jacob McCleland (@jacobmccleland) July 15, 2025****
Durant prepares for President Obama's visit! #ObamaInOk @POTUS @kfor http://t.co/MXhUR1fnTf
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Adam Snider (@AdamSniderKFOR) July 15, 2025@BarackObama Welcome back to Oklahoma, Mr President. #ObamaInOK
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Planet Kemp (@kempmusik) July 15, 2025****
Crowds lining up hours before @POTUS speech. #ObamaInOk @kfor http://t.co/WnIZ5zgkcf
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Adam Snider (@AdamSniderKFOR) July 15, 2025#obamainok Congratulations on all of your accomplishments We are so lucky to have you in office and are grateful for all you have done.
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Michelle Juel (@juelqueen) July 15, 2025****
Humbled that @POTUS has chosen to come visit our small town. Grateful that @choctawnationOK has given him a reason to. #ObamaInOK
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Cody Little (@coachlittle88) July 13, 2025Local lawyer in #Durant had this sign made to welcome @POTUS to town & show her support #ObamainOK @OKCFOX http://t.co/4eje5FsIh7
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President Barack Obama embraces Astrid Silva after she introduced him to speak about immigration reform during a visit to Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada
Immigration activist Astrid Silva introduces President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama signs two presidential memoranda associated with his actions on immigration in his office on Air Force One as he arrives at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas
President Barack Obama with legendary activist Dolores Huerta
President Barack Obama speaks in support of Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Audience members listen to President Barack Obama speak
President Barack Obama with Governor Dan Malloy
Supporters cheer as President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s reelection campaign at Central High School
Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf, greets President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama speaks to the media about Ebola after a conference call with USAID workers in West Africa before leaving the White House en route to Wisconsin. The president said the US can’t be seen as shying away from battle against Ebola. President Obama did not directly criticize quarantine policies for returning health care workers implemented in New York and New Jersey. But he says the response to Ebola needs to be sensible and “based on science,” while supporting health care workers going overseas to fight the disease.
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President Barack Obama shakes hands after arriving at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee
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Democratic challenger for Wisconsin Governor Mary Burke is greeted by President Obama at a campaign rally at North Division High School
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President Barack Obama with Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke during a rally at the North Division High School
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Mary Burke (@Burke4WI) October 29, 2025HUGE turnout for @BarackObama in Milwaukee! #ObamaWI http://t.co/nx69j7k5af
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That face when a heckler thinks it’s the President who’s blocking immigration reform. pic.twitter.com/kb3UYOgxcV
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) October 29, 2025
President Barack Obama and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke in the overflow room
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, as part of her Reach Higher educational initiative.
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"If somebody tells you that you’re not college material, brush them off and prove them wrong." - The First Lady #ReachHigher #edtour14
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) September 08, 2025****
Worth reading: FLOTUS on @Upworthy about what it's like to be a 1st-generation college student → u.pw/1oZ8q3z #ReachHigher
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First lady Michelle Obama embraces former Booker T. Washington High School and current Kennesaw State University student Alexandria Jones, as she takes the stage to speak
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"Everything you are doing in school right now is critical to the rest of your life." - @FLOTUS kicking off @usedgov's bus tour in Atlanta.
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"It's up to all of us to make sure we're helping our young people @ReachHigher" - @FLOTUS Michelle Obama u.pw/1oZ8q3z
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Meanwhile, in Chicago …. a girl is born.
President Barack Obama holds a model used to show how polymers expand and learns how sand less sandbags that are the invention of Peyton Robertson, 12, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., work, while touring the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibits on display in the State Dining Room of the White House. Robertson designed a new kind of sandbag to protect against flooding from hurricanes and other disasters. President Obama was celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country
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Brownies from Tulsa, Ok talk to the President about their science project today pic.twitter.com/IVkjAhnTfa
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'A 'Flood Proof' bridge made of Lego? Coooooooool!'
(Photo by @dougmillsnyt) pic.twitter.com/KT0TMSuY0d
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President Barack Obama holds up a model of a flu “bug” as he looks over the flu research display of Eric Chen, 18, of San Diego, California
President Barack Obama poses for a photo with Karen Fan, 17, and Felege Gebru, 18, both of Newton, Massachusetts.
President Barack Obama listens to Elana Simon of New York explain her project about cancer
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President Obama today shined the spotlight on 100 students from 30 states whose work in science, technology and engineering he says should inspire others to excel in the field. “As a society, we have to celebrate outstanding work by young people in science at least as much as we do Super Bowl winners,” he said. Obama said this year’s White House science fair put special emphasis on “amazing girls and young women” to encourage more to pursue careers in science. “I have a confession to make. When I was growing up my science fair projects were not as successful as those here,” Obama joked.
Love that the president treats these science fair students like the rock stars they are #WHScienceFair #GirlsinSTEM http://t.co/olB2u4iExU
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Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) May 27, 2025He said he killed a bunch of plants in one project; in another, he said mice escaped in his grandmother’s apartment. Obama also got an up close look at several of the exhibits. He tried on a “concussion helmet” designed by one young lady; chatted with three 6th graders about their “app” that helps disabled kids navigate from class to class at school; and viewed a robot designed by Natick, Mass., HS students that helps with icy water search and rescue. Obama tried and tested the robot, and the kids joked that he was now certified in ice rescue. “I love this event. This is one of my favorite things all year long,” Obama later told the crowd.
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President Barack Obama poses with John Moore and Lidia Wolf of Chicago after they explained their FIRST robot project
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Science education went to the head of the class at the White House on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama announcing a $35 million competition for teacher training programs — and checking out an all-star lineup of science fair projects. “I love this event!” Obama told an audience of students, teachers and VIPs. “This is one of my favorite things all year long.” The president chatted with kids from more than two dozen science-fair teams as he made his way through the State Dining Room. “We’re so proud of you,” Obama told Elana Simon, an 18-year-old from New York who survived a bout with a rare liver cancer when she was 12 and developed a genetic database for patients with the same disease. “Can I just say, I did not do this at 12, 13, or 18. … This is just a sample of the kind of outstanding young talent that we’ve got.”
"We need to celebrate science fair winners...at least as much as we do Super Bowl winners." —Obama #WHScienceFair http://t.co/i0TU4jFpOh
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 27, 2025At one point, he lingered to play catch with a catapult that was built by a group of Massachusetts teens to study basketball shooting technique. “Last time I was here, there was a guy shooting marshmallows … that thing went fast!” Obama said, recalling a science-fair demonstration that went viral in 2012. The president looked up at the ceiling and joked, “That marshmallow might still be there.” Among this year’s announcements was the latest twist in Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” campaign to spark interest in science careers: an additional $35 million in grants, to be awarded competitively to programs that provide preparation and training for STEM teachers. Other newly announced initiatives included: Expansion of the STEM AmeriCorps program, which was launched at last year’s White House Science Fair, to provide learning opportunities for 18,000 low-income students this summer.
Obama: "We’re putting a special focus on all the inspiring girls and young women who are excelling in science." http://t.co/1lCofhloV4
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 27, 2025New mentoring programs in seven cities, supported by the public-private US2020 effort. The cities include Allentown, Pennsylvania; Chicago; Indianapolis; North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park; Philadelphia; San Francisco; and Wichita, Kansas. A nationwide campaign called “Aprender es Triunfar,” aimed at inspiring Latino STEM students. A centerpiece of the campaign, launched by NBC Universal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content, is a new documentary film titled “Underwater Dreams.” A grant from Esri to make its cloud-based advanced mapping software available for free to more than 100,000 elementary, middle and high schools as part of the White House’s ConnectED Initiative. A series of interactive online lessons to help more students learn the math and science behind going to Mars, presented by Khan Academy and NASA.
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President Barack Obama talks with Deidre Carillo, 18, of San Antonio, Texas, sitting in her electric car
President Barack Obama poses with Olivia Van Amsterdam and Katelyn Sweeney, both from Natick, Massachusetts, along with their rescue robot
Nicolas Badila of Jonesboro, Georgia, tells President Barack Obama how to play STEMville, a STEM video game
President Barack Obama poses for a photo with students from Los Fresnon, Texas. The students developed an app to help a visually-impaired student navigate their school.
Maria Hanes, 19, of Santa Cruz, California, has President Barack Obama pull back a cushioned helmet. Hanes was explaining how she developed a concussion cushion football helmet
President Barack Obama stands with Gerry McManus, 13, Daisjaughn Bass, 13, and Brooke Bohn, 14, all of Hudson, Massachusetts. The students showed Obama their basketball catapult.
President Barack Obama talks with Peyton Robertson, 12, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., about how his sandless sandbags work
President Barack Obama prepares to catch a basketball thrown by team member Brooke Bohn and her project, a basketball catapult
President Barack Obama talks with a 2nd grade Girl Scout Brownie troop from Tulsa, Oklahoma about their design for a “flood proof” bridge
First Lady Michelle Obama smiles after being introduced during Topeka Public Schools Senior Recognition Program in Topeka, Kansas
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To mark the 60th anniversary of a landmark school desegregation decision, first lady Michelle Obama traveled to Topeka on Friday to address graduating high school seniors. First lady Michelle Obama said that young people who’ve grown up with diversity must lead a national fight against prejudice and discrimination because after six decades, the Brown v. Board of Education ruling against school segregation is “still being decided every single day.” Obama is participating in “senior recognition day,” in which she spoke to 1,000 seniors from Topeka’s public schools during an event at Landon Arena. “It’s really an honor. I’m glad to see her here,” Topeka High senior Corrie Barnes said. “We never have people really professional to come down here.” The White House noted that Topeka is home to the historic case that outlawed racial desegregation and declared education “must be made available to all on equal terms.” Her speech came the day before the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in the Brown case, which takes its title from a federal lawsuit filed by parents in Topeka.
She noted that her special assistant, Kristen Jarvis, is the grandniece of Lucinda Todd, a leader with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Topeka in the 1940s and 1950s, the first parent to sign onto the lawsuit challenging the city’s segregated schools. She said Todd, who died in 1996, is an example of people who “choose our better history.” “Every day, you have that same power to choose our better history — by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right, by sharing the lessons of Brown v. Board of Education, the lessons you learned right here in Topeka, wherever you go for the rest of your lives,” Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery. Jasmine Drone was excited about the address. “My sister graduated last year and she’s like, ‘I don’t remember who spoke,’ and that was just last year. It’s an honor because I’m going to remember this,” Drone said. Lauren Sherwood, who was picked to introduce Obama, concurred, saying having a first lady in Topeka is an honor. “If anyone would overshadow my graduation, I think first lady Michelle Obama would be the person to get away with that,” Sherwood said. “So I’m perfectly content with that.”
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during Topeka Public Schools Senior Recognition Program in Topeka, Kansas
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Our water fountains aren’t segregated. Our movie theaters aren’t segregated. And our schools aren’t segregated. But in many ways we are still a separate-but-equal country, First Lady Michelle Obama told graduating seniors from five Topeka high schools Friday night. “Our laws may no longer separate us based on our skin color, but there’s nothing in our Constitution that says we have to eat together in the lunch room or live together in the same neighborhoods,” Obama told a full house at the 8,000-seat Kansas Expocentre. “There’s no court case against believing in stereotypes or thinking that certain kinds of hateful jokes or comments are funny. Many school districts, she said, are withdrawing efforts to integrate their students and communities are becoming less diverse as people flee cities for the suburbs. “As a result, many young people in America are going to school with kids who look just like them,” Obama said. “And too often, those schools aren’t equal, especially ones attended by students of color, which too often lag behind with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers.”
“Too many folks are still stopped on the street because of the color of their skin, or they’re made to feel unwelcome because of where they’re from, or they’re bullied because of who they love.” The Brown decision, she said, isn’t about the past. It’s about the future. She called on students to battle deep-seated prejudices that persist years after the civil rights movement swept across the country. “Graduates, it’s up to all of you to lead the way and drag my generation and your grandparents’ generation along with you,” she said. “When you meet folks who think they know all the answers because they’ve never heard any other viewpoints, it’s up to you to help them see thing’s differently.” Students were moved by the speech, especially Lauren Sherwood who introduced Obama on Friday night. “It’s absolutely insane. I can’t believe it just happened,” the Topeka High School student said afterward. “It will be hard for anything else in my life to top this.” Sherwood called the address “everything you could have hoped for in a graduation speech plus more.” “I had a little tear in my eye because it was just beautiful,” she said.
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First Lady Michelle Obama meets with high school students participating in the Wichita State University GEAR UP program as part of her Reach Higher initiative in Topeka, Kansas
First Lady Michelle Obama listens to a question during a roundtable
First Lady Michelle Obama leads the discussion during a roundtable with high school students at Monroe School in Topeka, Kansas
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