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Charles Honey is an editor and also helps to develop series and issues stories for all districts. He is also producer of the SNN podcast, "Study Hall." As a reporter for The Grand Rapids Press/MLive from 1985 to 2009, his beats included Grand Rapids Public Schools, local colleges and education issues. He served as editor of The Press’ award-winning Religion section for 15 years and its columnist for 20. His freelance articles have appeared in Christianity Today, Religion News Service and Faith & Leadership magazine.

Is AI helping you learn, or just making you lazier?

All Districts Charles Honey
Artificial intelligence, better known as AI, is now everywhere all the time. We ask our student roundtable: Is this entirely a good thing? 

Commentary: Are teachers really appreciated, or under ‘anti-woke’ attack?

All Districts Charles Honey
Teacher Appreciation Week should be a celebration of our children’s best instructors, but federal DEI ultimatums tied to funding are threatening their academic freedom and support for disadvantaged students.

How much do mental-health stressors complicate the high-school experience?

All Districts Charles Honey
How big of an issue is mental health in high school? Our student panelists weigh in on the pressures they face, including college costs and the need to be successful.  

What would closing U.S. Dept. of Education mean for special education in Kent County? 

Podcasts Charles Honey
President Trump has vowed to shut down the U.S. Department of Education. What’s at risk for special-education programs locally if this happens?

A career in auto repair? For some students, it starts in high school

Podcasts Charles Honey
A Grandville High School teacher and student discuss the “motor skills” learned and career options opened by classes in automotive maintenance as well as in other career and technical education programs.

Memo to teachers: grant funds available for your classes

All Districts Charles Honey
The Kent Association of Retired School Personnel is accepting proposals from teachers for grants to help them with supplies and projects. 

Podcast: Schools hearing concerns from families over federal deportation plans

All Districts Charles Honey
Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President Trump’s deportation plans. 

Community-school worker: Immigrant students, families apprehensive about Trump deportation plans 

All Districts Charles Honey
Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President Trump’s deportation plans. 

With unbridled enthusiasm, School News Network founder showed ‘our public schools work’  

All Districts Charles Honey
As she retires from Kent ISD, Allison Kaufman reflects on the founding of School News Network, the capstone of her long career.

Anonymous survey seeks info on stressors, health

SNN 10th Anniversary Charles Honey
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, your School News Network team is re-publishing some early stories from each school district. This story, originally published in March 2015, takes a look at “LoWellness,” a first-of-its-kind initiative to assess the healthcare and mental health needs of Lowell students and residents.

Superintendent and teacher talk about a decade of challenges and rewards 

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey
In this episode of Study Hall, veteran Kenowa Hills Superintendent Jerry Hopkins and teacher Robyn Bradford talk about how education has changed over the past decade.

Sandy Hook anniversary: Schools, parents support new safety measures

SNN 10th Anniversary Charles Honey
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, your School News Network team is re-publishing some early stories from each school district. This story, originally published in December 2013, examines what school safety measures looked like throughout Kent ISD districts just one year after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

Gun safety and mental-health services: it’s not an either-or to stop school shootings

All Districts Charles Honey
Students say both safety legislation and improved mental-health services are needed to stem the tide of mass school shootings. Adults need to listen and take action...

A cheerful fixture at Breton and Hall: ‘he’s the sun’

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Howard Cassell has been a crossing guard at Lakeside Elementary since 2004, providing students with safe passage and encouraging words at a busy corner...

How safe do you feel in your school?

All Districts Charles Honey
Our student panelists talk about the toll school shootings take on their sense of safety, and what needs to be done to curb the plague of gun violence in schools...

How much of a problem is social media, and how do we fix it?

All Districts Charles Honey
Our student panelists say TikTok, Instagram and other social media are breeding insecurity and rewiring their brains in unhealthy ways...
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