Federal education official with MN ties to make second MN appearance in nine days

From MPR's Tom Weber:

Carl Harris, an official with the U.S. Education Department, will appear with Congressman Keith Ellison on Monday (5/17) at a forum on closing the achievement gap.

Harris's official title is deputy assistant secretary for policy and strategic initiatives in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. He'll start the day Monday with tours of Richfield and South High Schools in Richfield and Minneapolis, before attending the 4:30 p.m. forum at Columbia Heights Senior High.

Harris, a former Durham, NC superintendent, has Minnesota ties, which were apparent last weekend when he gave the commencement address at his alma mater, Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Harris graduated from SMSU in 1976 with a degree in Health and Physical Education.

*** Of note: Harris's ultimate boss at the Department of Education, Secretary Arne Duncan, will be in Madison tomorrow (5/15) to deliver a commencement address at the University of Wisconsin.

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