Jill Biden touts ‘career-connected learning’ in Chicago, calling education a nonpartisan ‘American’ issue

First lady Jill Biden spent Monday in the Chicago area highlighting apprenticeship opportunities in high school and at the community college level. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

First lady Jill Biden met with students, teachers and business leaders in the Chicago area Monday to kick off National Apprenticeship Week, highlighting education as a nonpartisan “American issue.”

“Education has always been about jobs. And it isn’t a red issue or a blue issue. It’s an American issue,” Biden told a packed audience of more than 200 people at the Loop office of Aon, the global professional services firm. “And everyone has a role to play.”