Jill Biden toured McGavock High School in Nashville Wednesday. She said she was inspired to come after President Obama visited two years ago to highlight the school’s career academies.
Biden saw the aviation classroom, broadcasting studios and campus bistro. But the wife of Vice President Joe Biden primarily wanted to promote the state’s free community college program and commend McGavock’s dual enrollment initiative.
“It’s so smart,” Biden said. “It’s a smart way to do education.”
Biden is a community college professor. Her visit comes as the U.S. Department of Education begins accepting applications for low-income families to use federal grants for dual enrollment college coursework.
Joining Biden on her tour was Republican Governor Bill Haslam, who did not make an appearance when President Obama was at McGavock in 2014.
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