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Karen McPhee

Karen McPhee served as Gov. Rick Snyder’s senior policy advisor in education from 2015-16. She worked at the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District for 31 years, the last 11 as superintendent.

Articles

The education commission’s report is only step one. Now comes the hard part.

March 10, 2017 Karen McPhee in

Guest Commentary

The 25-member group looked for ways to improve school performance in Michigan. It’s a thorny problem just to consider, but we have to find answers that work.