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Lab Brings Farming, Ecology Lessons to Students

Sparta School News Network
Crowded inside a mobile science lab outside Appleview Elementary, fourth-graders discovered how farmers use science to maintain clean water. Dropping purple food coloring from a...

And the Wheels on the Bus are Children’s Feet

Grand Rapids School News Network
Tyonna Jackson ordinarily enjoys the four-block walk to school, but there was one brutal day this winter when riding a bus would have come...

Building a Dream Into Reality

Classrooms for All School News Network
I see the horror figures portrayed in the media. I flinch and glower at the images of helpless people, abandoned and alone, drowning in...

‘They Learn by Music’

Empowering Abilities School News Network
A drum beat echoes down the halls of Sparta's Appleview Elementary. The source: a boisterous bunch of musicians keeping a beat and dancing to the...

ASL Helps Students ‘See From a Global Perspective’

Forest Hills School News Network
Gabe Vogt has no problem honing his sign language skills. It's the ideal way, he said, to communicate with his older brother, Aden, who...

For Stressed Students, a Pooch Can be Calming

Rockford School News Network
It's probably one of the last places you would expect to see man's best friend, but Kim Heys thinks it could be the wave...

‘No Sense Keeping Knowledge to Yourself’

Forest Hills School News Network
Vishnu Mano was selling homemade lemonade at home over the summer when a better way of doing business dawned on him. The Knapp Forest Elementary...

Math as Discovery, Exploration

Kent City School News Network
Gathered on the floor around teacher Karen Swanson, her third-graders were not looking down at a worksheet or a pop quiz, but up. They...

Martial Arts Champ Fights Back Against Bullying

Kenowa Hills School News Network
Olivia Allen believes there's nothing more valuable than firsthand knowledge. So when the president of the Kenowa Hills anti-bullying club, Knights Lights, listened to Mariah...

Bowls Full of Giving

Sparta School News Network
Second-grader Noah Leija stood at the countertop with a utensil in his hand, eyeing a smooth, round slab of clay. A student next to...

Finding True North

All Districts School News Network
Brandi Pilcher knew she was going in the wrong direction, but didn't know how to change course. That is, until she found her north...

Financial Literacy Helps Students Navigate Complex World

All Districts School News Network
Their teen and youngadult years typically are a pivotal time for students. Karen Wolthuis hopes their decisions can be simplified by a program offering...

First-graders Flip for Penguins

Lowell School News Network
Becky DeVito knew she was onto something when she began to hear stories from former Bushnell Elementary School students. Kinda hard to forget those...

A Narrow Escape from Death, at a High Price

Kentwood School News Network
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Arafat's story about his experiences in Somalia before coming to America. Read about Arafat's experience in...

Confident and Empowered

Kent City School News Network
A program that empowers parents with the skills to be their child's first teacher has come to Kent City Elementary School. Parents Are Teachers has...

On Protest Day, ‘There Sure was a Lot of Love’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
What started as a disgruntled Facebook post following the 2016 election results, by Hawaii resident Teresa Shook, turned into nationwide marches with an estimated...
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