The Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden made Fort Riley Middle School a stop on her visit to the Post this week.

She highlighted her Joining Forces Initiatve, and its’ Operation Educate the Educators Program which is designed to train teachers to recognize the needs of military-connected students in their classrooms.  She met with a group of student teachers, noting she has been an educator for more than 30 years and has a military connection in her family.  “We came with this program for Educate the Educators, because I thought it was important for people to know who those military children are in their classrooms. ”

Biden said she knows who has been in the military in her classrooms. “And so I ask that at the beginning of every semester. I find that they bring such rich experiences to what I’m teaching.” Biden explained as a grandmother she also saw the things that impacted her grandchildren.

She noted that she and Michelle Obama made that one of their pillars of the Joining Forces Initiative. “Education, what could we do in the space of education to make things better for military families. So the fact that you signed on, and all of you are so invested in this means so much to our military.”

During her visit to Fort Riley Middle School Biden toured classrooms and met with students and teachers. She participated in discussions with both the student teachers and students in the school’s media center.  Biden also met school officials and community leaders during her time at the school.