Arne Duncan to 8-Year-Old Woodrow Wilson: "No College for You"

by Clay Burell · 2009-04-26 09:43:00 UTC
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Connect the dots:

From CNN's (poorly titled) "10 Homeschooled Celebrities":

Woodrow Wilson studied under his dad, one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS).

He didn't learn to read until he was about 12. He took a few classes at a school in Augusta, Georgia, to supplement his father's teachings, and ended up spending a year at Davidson College before transferring to Princeton.

From an interview with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (which I swear I've seen, but need help to cite), on the value of standards and standardized test data:

[We have to be honest enough to] look a second grader in the eye and tell them if they’re on track to get into a good college or not.

Clay Burell
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