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What’s life like for a high school student in 2023? In a six-part series, 10 students from all corners of Kent County talk about their pressures, stressors and happy places...

An aquarium filled with sand and grass becomes a coastal dune ecosystem. Another holds all the elements of a deciduous forest, pieced together by fourth and fifth grade researchers enrolled in Van Andel Institute for Education’s After School cohort. Our School News Network Video story teller takes us inside their lab-style learning center to show us this free program in action...

A Sensory Friendly Night is planned at the Grand Rapids Public Museum...

Forest Hills grad is trying to get aid to friends in Ukraine, and plans a career working with refugees...

As COVID-19 cases surge, educators focus on keeping things afloat while hoping stormy seas turn into smoother waters...

Local districts are putting their focus on remaining in person, but are ready to pivot to virtual learning...

While the libraries remain open and serving residents, all indoor programs and events have “paused” according to an announcement from Kent District Library (KDL)...

Special Education Director Kirsten Myers shared the following list of Kent ISD resources that was sent out to special-education and other administrators throughout Kent County following last week’s mass shooting at Oxford High School...

Yep – a survey where every word is read – we guarantee it. Your responses to our Reader Survey will shape SNN...

Districts are putting influxes of cash to use in many ways to meet the needs of students, who are now in year three of K-12 education impacted by the pandemic...

Hundreds of teachers have received an average of $750 in school supplies thanks to nonprofit The StoreHouse, 4411 Plainfield Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, which runs a resource store for teachers...

Eighteen months into the pandemic, there’s perhaps never been a time more pressing for families to have a sense of belonging in their schools...

The challenge is designed to inspire and design solutions that support a circular economy, a closed-loop system that minimizes the use of raw materials and the creation of waste...

While all districts offered some form of virtual learning last year, this year the offerings are more limited, where they exist at all...

Local districts will survey students next school year on key topics to hear and learn from the voice of students...

In a school year unlike any that came before it, teachers, students and parents all found creative ways to teach and learn despite the pandemic...