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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Edwina A. Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Michigan Collection Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Lansing, MI 48915<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">517 373 4376<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Follow us on Facebook @
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the new Michigan Parent Dashboard for School Transparency <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4472C4">Your Window to Important School Information and Facts<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.mischooldata.org/ParentDashboard"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.MISchoolData.org/ParentDashboard</span></a><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2E74B5"><a href="http://mi.gov/top10in10"><span style="color:#2E74B5">http://mi.gov/top10in10</span></a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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