'An island of excellence'

Calumet High School students talk with U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter on Thursday as they tour the school. From left is Alex Westerfield, 17, Barabara Cooper, 14, and Robert Brown, 16. Kanter wanted to see the New Tech model at CHS, and is one of many people who are visiting the school as part of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Back-to-School tour of cities across the United States.