Charles Honey

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Charles Honey is editor-in-chief of SNN, and covers series and issues stories for all districts. 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. Honey 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. Read Charles' full bio

Retirees Start New Life but Miss Their School Family

Rockford Charles Honey

Phyllis King was feeling pretty blue about retiring from Valley View Elementary School after teaching there for 34 ½ years. So when summer came...

Teacher Sets Lessons on Fire

Northview Charles Honey

Brian Bollone stood behind a lab table and prepared to teach science with the aid of a fireball. Needless to say, he loves his work. Funneling...

Spanish Immersion Students Engage Literature with Mexican Author

Rockford Charles Honey

Students from Rockford traversed time, space and cultures in a fruitful partnership with Grand Valley State University students and a Mexican author. A yearlong collaboration...

Painting Colorful Mural Helps Keep School Green

Rockford Charles Honey

Lexie Allshouse carefully colored a blue-and-pink butterfly. Chase Climczak daubed in green grass around a flower. Madelyn Good painted a delicately patterned border. Put their...

Club Gives ‘Zinser BoyZ’ a Barrier against Bullying

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

The moment Officer Gil "Butch" Redzinski walked in the classroom, a boy came up and gave him a hug. Other boys called out, "Hey,...

With Song and Support, Students Connect with Ugandan Orphans

Lowell Charles Honey

It's one thing to send money to an orphan halfway around the world. It's quite another to talk to him face-to-face, some Lowell third-graders...

Superintendent Finds Kindergartener’s Red Shoes a Perfect Fit

Northview Charles Honey

When Travis VanSetters popped out of his mother's van recently at North Oakview Elementary School, Superintendent Mike Paskewicz immediately noticed something different about his...

Determination over Depression: Future Trooper Found New Home and Career Calling

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Editor’s note: This is the last of our “Grads with Grit” series about students who have overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this...

Good Math Skills a Must for Good Jobs, Employers Say

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Editor's note: Making Math Add Up is a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

Retiring Cedar Superintendent Acts More Like He’s Just Begun

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Ron McDermed walks from classroom to classroom, sits in little chairs, takes notes and peers over students' shoulders as they work. He seems as...

Students Walk, Toss and Hula Hoop for Life

Rockford Charles Honey

Madison Snedeker's Aunt Holly died from cancer last year. That was one reason the East Rockford Middle School student was outside on a cold,...

From Genocide to College, Rwandan Refugee Student Keeps Faith Strong

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Editor's note: This is the seventh of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Moses Kabandana...

Through Homelessness and Hardship, Northview Graduate Did What He Had to Do

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Editor's note: This is the sixth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Randy McCant...

Character Counts in Student Success, Researchers Say

Byron Center Charles Honey

When Dan Takens was an elementary school principal in Kentwood and Byron Center, he expected something basic from all his students: treat others the...

Educators Urge State to Scrap ‘Flawed’ Performance Funding

Issues in Education Charles Honey

Rockford Public Schools could lose $80,000 in the coming school year because of a supposed decline in academic achievement. Problem is, officials don't know...

Odyssey Angels Honored for Teaching Technology to Seniors

Rockford Charles Honey

Gloria Hamacher got out her new computer tablet and asked eighth-graders Catherine Witte and Ashley Vriesenga for a little help. "Do you know how...

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