Radio Smart Talk for Tuesday, November 29:

President Woodrow Wilson had what appears to have been a severe learning disability and couldn't read until he became an adult.  However, Wilson went to become a teacher and the president of Princeton University.  Abraham Lincoln's first and last public speeches centered on education.  His final speech advocated for free public education for all students -- whether they were white or black.  Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth heard about Lincoln's speech and killed the president four days later.  First Lady Lady Bird Johnson would have been Valedictorian of her high school class, but sabotaged her own grades because she was afraid to speak at her graduation.  Mrs. Johnson became the pioneer of the Head Start program for pre-school children.

Those are a few of the stories taken from the new book, From Classroom to the White House: Presidents and First Ladies as Students and Teachers.  The book's author, Dr. James Longo, will join us on Tuesday's Radio Smart Talk to describe the role of education in the lives of those who have occupied the White House.

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