Michigan placed just outside the top 10 on a national education reform group's annual rankings of "parent power" for making educational choices.

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NEWSWIRE IS BACK! Click here for the latest weekly report on education news and commentary you won't find anywhere else, spiced with a dash of irreverence, from the nation's leading voice in school reform. NATIONAL COVERAGE Early high school graduation programs gain traction USA Today, July 27, 2013 Across the nation, fewer than 3% of…