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Protecting cyber security in schools: ‘This is kind of scary’

All Districts Phil de Haan
A cyber security event at Kent ISD on Halloween was designed to make the prospect of an attack on school data a little less frightening...

Simple plans, solid training, most effective for school emergency response

All Districts Erin Albanese
West Michigan school representatives learned do’s and don’ts of emergency response at workshop emphasizing simple plans that staff can remember...

Halloween-day change brings ‘treat’ for local schools

All Districts Phil de Haan
New agreement with Switch, Caledonia, Kent ISD, to prevent school funding losses due to tax abatements...

Some districts reschedule activities after EEE found in Kent County

All Districts Charles Honey
Kent County school districts are taking precautions in scheduling sports events and other after-school activities following discovery of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in the autopsy of a deer in Kent County...

Michigan’s New ‘Read by Grade 3’ Law: A Guide for Parents

All Districts Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD
Parents helping their younger children transition into the regular routine of daily school attendance will find a new focus on reading as their schools and their teachers prepare students for Michigan’s new law requiring demonstrated reading competency to move from the third to fourth grade...

Dean Transportation: It’s all about the kids

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher
Dean Transportation, which carries some 80,000 students to and from school in Michigan, operates on a philosophy of caring for each one of them under the leadership of Kellie Dean, a former special-education teacher...

State legislators get schooled on effect of Michigan’s education cuts

All Districts James Harger
School superintendents from Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties gave their state legislators an earful about how state funding cuts have impacted students during a meeting on Monday, June 24...

Kindergarten-readiness tests show need for early childhood programs

All Districts James Harger
The good news? The first round of funding from a countywide early childhood millage approved by voters last fall will help establish those programs...

Health Department has one word for measles: vaccinate

All Districts School News Network
While the recent measles scare may be over, the issues for parents, schools and communities remain...

SNN is having an impact on the perception of local education

All Districts Erin Albanese
Eighty-one percent of parents and 87 percent of school staff who are School News Network readers say that SNN helps them be more informed about their schools...

Pine Grove Learning Center offers profoundly challenged students an opportunity to learn

Empowering Abilities James Harger
The Pine Grove Learning Center is where 103 of the most challenged special education students and their families in Southwest Kent County find unconditional acceptance. They also find an opportunity to learn and grow despite their physical and learning disabilities...

Students progress despite their impairments at Pine Grove Learning Center

All Districts James Harger
Teachers at the Pine Grove Learning Center take the long approach as they work with severely impaired students who attend the center-based program, which will transition from Grand Rapids Public Schools to Kent ISD this summer...

Five percent of third-graders could face retention under cut score for reading M-STEP

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
The law was approved in 2016, requiring students more than one year behind grade-level in reading to repeat third grade and receive additional support...

‘Amazing’ teachers at Pine Grove offer a beacon of hope for students like Evan

All Districts James Harger
Despite his multiple impairments, 14-year-old Evan Valdivia is learning to respond to others around him thanks to teamwork by his family and the staff at Pine Grove Learning Center...

Adults, students hold discourse on challenges facing teens

All Districts Erin Albanese
Kent County adults who work with youth in various fields joined several high school students in addressing that question during Wedgwood Christian Services’ recent State of the Child event ...

Bond requests pass in Rockford, Lowell; maintenance levy fails in Sparta

All Districts Erin Albanese
Six districts passed requests, ranging from non-homestead millages to major bond proposals for new and revamped buildings...
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