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Education Experts Offer Advice On Impacting Schools

Michigan legislators and education policy specialists shared some tricks of the trade for parents who want to change the way their schools or districts operate.

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Michigan legislators and education policy specialists shared some tricks of the trade for parents who want to change the way their schools or districts operate. Such parents face numerous roadblocks, but some strategies—like testifying at a legislative committee hearing—can do more for their cause than writing letters or talking to school administrators. (The Ann Arbor News)

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