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style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Secondary Teacher Education Certification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0fd6b529 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/case\/secondary-education\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Secondary Education Degrees<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a 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