U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits Middle Tennessee school

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is shown how to use a training robot during her tour of Oakland High School's Mechatronic program, in Murfreesboro on Wednesday at Oakland. Oakland senior Sara Carmichael stands in the background to help. (Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ)
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is shown how to use a training robot during her tour of Oakland High School's Mechatronic program, in Murfreesboro on Wednesday at Oakland. Oakland senior Sara Carmichael stands in the background to help. (Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ)

The nation's top education official, Betsy DeVos, toured Rutherford County Schools' career and technical education programs Wednesday in her first official trip to Middle Tennessee.

The visit by the U.S. secretary of education came a day before she will be featured as a keynote speaker at former Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's ExcelinEd conference in Nashville.

It's expected DeVos will also hold several private meetings in the area, according to her press secretary. It's unclear who DeVos is scheduled to meet.

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