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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Hi SIM Network,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">We’ve had an email from Jean Schumaker, Owner of Edge Enterprises, former KUCRL Co-Director, and SIM Author. I’m going to include the gist of it below. We’re doing
our best at CRL to try to encourage more use (and sales) of SIM materials, but please feel free to reach out directly to Jean with any thoughts you have for her.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Thanks all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Your SIM Team</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Lawrence, KS 66045</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dear PDers, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">As I mentioned, we’ve had to cut back on Anita’s hours at Edge. We are currently only selling about one book per day at Edge, which means that
we will have to drastically cut back by the end of the month. Students and teachers need our support. Please feel free to send me ideas about what we can do as a network to encourage more professional development, and let me
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">know what I can do to support you. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">I really don’t want to retire!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">jschumak@ku.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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