The Great Schools in Wake Coalition is mobilizing to get the new Wake County student assignment plan to include the diversity-related assignments.

In an email message dated Sept. 12, GSIW chairwoman Yevonne Brannon tells people that her discussions with school board members was "not encouraging." Brannon writes about a "board member who wants what we want but is too weak to push for it and too afraid to step up to the plate, because he is worried about community push back."

Brannon writes that "another board member who doesn’t seem to 'agree' about how to fix diversity-how to have balanced schools.....he seems to believe kids can choose out. After some discussion he agreed to 'think it over.'"

When it comes to politics, the First Lady certainly has a partisan agenda.

But Michelle Obama is also focusing on an effort with benefits across party lines: childhood obesity.

On "Let's Move! With the First Lady Michelle Obama" (TV One, 10 tonight), host Roland Martin talks with Mrs. Obama about her "Let's Move" movement, giving her a chance to explain the goals of the effort, her own healthy life evolution, and how you can get your kids to eat vegetables.

President Obama is often criticized for sounding wonky or professorial. Not so with Mrs. Obama. During the interview with Martin, she's plain spoken, conversational, and yet, informed.