U.S. Education secretary to visit Georgia

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stop in Georgia next month as part of his three-day, back-to-school tour of Southern states.

Duncan will tout education progress during stops in Atlanta and Carrollton on Sept. 8. From Georgia, he is scheduled to travel to Birmingham and Huntsville in Alabama and Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis in Tennessee.

“This bus tour through Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama is an opportunity to see innovation in education at work and discuss progress, promise and results,” Duncan said. “I look forward to meeting with teachers, parents, students and education leaders who have been our partners in making progress for our nation’s children.”