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US Secretary of Education Visits Wisconsin

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

September 24, 2021

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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited multiple locations around Wisconsin to promote schools safely returning to in-person instruction. PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs students from Black River Falls High School interviewed Cardona in Eau Claire.

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