Washington, D.C.
President Barack Obama, who was officially sworn in today for his second term as the nation's 44th president, put training more math and science teachers and taking big steps to boost school safety high on his second-term wish list.
Inaugural addresses are rarely heavy policy speeches, so including these two K-12 initiatives sends an important signal about the priority the president places on preventing another massacre like the one in Newtown, Conn., last month.
"Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm," Obama told a packed crowd of freezing supporters spreading out from the Capitol Grounds.
