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Approved federal voucher program is scaled back version of original plan

All Districts Erin Albanese
The sweeping federal funding bill passed July 3 includes a school voucher program, but it's not as far reaching as originally planned.

Taking math from the classroom to the court

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Dickinson Academy student Kyler Jackson finished third in the NBA Math Hoops Global Championship in New York.

Resolution Center hosts restorative practices training for educators

All Districts Erin Albanese
A training on restorative practices aims to equip educators with skills to use in the classroom.

District approves budget with $16M reduction in spending

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Grand Rapids Public Schools’ 2025-26 operating budget includes leadership salary freezes and job cuts to “prioritize classroom learning and staff compensation.”

After first year of teaching, ‘‘I feel like I could just keep going’  

All Districts Charles Honey
First-year Kent City teacher Marla Anderson has no regrets about going into public-school teaching, calling it “the best job.”

New alternative high school destined to be a ‘bright, warm, welcoming place’

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
Renovations to the former Sigsbee Elementary are nearing completion, and the building will be ready to house the relocated Southeast Career Pathways program before summer’s end.

Massive federal spending bill includes nationwide school voucher program

All Districts Erin Albanese
A first-of-its kind federal school voucher program would allow 100% tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations.

Learning about nature in canoes instead of the classroom 

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark
The Grand Canoe Experience gave more than 1,000 GRPS eighth-graders the opportunity to learn teamwork and build relationships with nature and each other at Riverside Park.

Classroom to state council: Students step into leadership through SkillsUSA

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Four Kent Career Tech Center students are using their state officer roles to build confidence, gain career experience and inspire others. 

Education advocates grapple with potential closure of DOE

All Districts Riley Kelley
Parents and other education advocates talk about what the closure of the U.S. Department of Education would mean for Kent County and for public education as a whole.

‘Student involvement, teacher involvement – directly related’

All Districts Erin Albanese
How can teaching be a more attractive profession so students can learn better? High schoolers consider the question.

‘I can’t be stopped’: Grad says struggle made him stronger 

Grand Rapids Riley Kelley
At the end of a high-school career marked by upheaval and strife, this Innovation Central High School grad is focusing on the positive. 

Multiracial Black Student Alliance celebrates ‘spreading culture and diversity’

Podcasts Charles Honey
City High Middle School’s Black Student Alliance celebrates Black culture all year long and encourages fellow students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to do the same.  

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? 

Teacher, minister, heart-attack survivor: the many lives of Aberdeen’s new principal

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark
Aberdeen Academy’s new principal, Shelley Miller, could write several different memoirs about significant events from her life.

Are you feeling the effects of political polarization at your school?

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell
Do high-schoolers feel today’s political tensions in their everyday lives? Is an underlying climate of divisiveness affecting their school experiences at all?
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