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Education Secretary Visiting Colorado Schools

DENVER (AP) - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting Colorado schools to discuss excellence in education and leadership skills.

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Denver on Feb. 28, 2012. (credit: CBS)

On Thursday, Duncan will join Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia at Skyline High School in Longmont to take part in a town hall meeting with students, educators and business executives. They'll talk about ways to improve education in science, technology, engineering and math.

In the afternoon, he plans to hold a panel discussion with nearly a dozen principals from Denver schools to discuss their model to support and train good principals.

On Friday, Duncan will join U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in a discussion with teachers on ways to improve their leadership to better support students.

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