The government has launched Census in Schools

Barack Obama from the white house will be speaking to every student in public school all across the United States on Sept 8,2009 many parents are outraged over this and they are protesting but it seems parents have little to nothing to say it the matter.
The white house has also kicked off the 2010 census the white house plan is to educate the children evolving them in the 2010 census taking project.
Do you think the public schools and the white house has over stepping their powers?


(Public school children educated how to help kick off the 2010 census in the U.S.)

The government has launched Census in Schools, an all-out campaign targeting superintendents, principals, teachers, students and, indirectly, parents, as schools open across the nation this month and next. The message: The Census is coming and here’s why everyone should care.

The goal is to send posters, teaching guides, maps and lesson plans to every school in the nation, Puerto Rico and U.S. island territories to encourage everyone to participate in the national count. The materials will land in more than 118,000 schools and reach 56 million students.

“It’s great to reach the children because children are such strong voices in their homes,” says Renee Jefferson-Copeland, chief of the Census schools program. “In households that are linguistically isolated, they can express the information to their parents.”

…Between January and March, the Census Bureau will help plan a week of Census education in schools. During Census Week, teachers will devote 15 minutes every day for five days to the topic by discussing such things as civic participation, confidentiality or geography.

(Michelle Malcum Report August 2009)