Jill Biden and Colin Powell to speak at education conference

BOSTON – Jill Biden and Colin Powell will be visiting Boston to speak at a national conference for teachers and school officials.

They’re among a slate of figures lined up to talk at the annual gathering of the non-profit Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Biden, the wife of former Vice-President Joe Biden, is scheduled to speak Saturday at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

She previously taught at a public high school and a community college in Delaware before becoming second lady.

Powell, a retired general in the U.S. Army who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush, is expected to speak Monday.

He helps lead a school for civic and global leadership that’s named after him at the City College of New York, his alma mater.