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Teachers Tell Their Stories, to Help Other Teachers

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
"What inspires you to come to school every day and teach children?" interviewer Rosie del Valle asked Gladiola Elementary intervention math coach Kristi Baumbach. Baumbach,...

Local students push for change in wake of Florida school shooting

Multi Districts Charles Honey
Students at City High/Middle School are joining the ranks of a national student-led movement to make their schools safer, stepping up where adults have failed to act

‘We’re Living His Dream’

Godfrey-Lee Jaye Beeler
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the...

Stop, Look and Here’s Some Love

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher
When Kattie Eason first stepped onto a Wealthy Street SE corner to serve as a school crossing guard at Henry Elementary School – now Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy -- she was 21 years old.

Finding the Right Fit

Caledonia Janice Holst
How do you turn a would-be class clown into a productive student? How do you motivate a fifth-grader who just doesn't fit in or...

Giving Voice to Children

Grand Rapids Linda Odette
Most elementary students have never attended an opera. Coit Creative Arts Academy fourth- and fifth-grade students have created, produced and performed one. The project, done...

A New Vision for a Historic School

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Since its founding in the 1920s in the neighborhood bearing its name, Ottawa Hills High School has educated plenty of distinguished students. They include...

Community’s Gift: A Book for Every First-Grader

Grand Rapids Jaye Beeler
At the Congress Elementary School library, volunteer reader Alexis Rangel of Lake Michigan Credit Union delved into the magic of Caldecott Medalist's Dan Santat...

Wyoming Bond Funds Mean Major High School Upgrade

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Voters paved the the way Tuesday for major renovations and districtwide upgrades by decisively approving a $79.5 million bond. Work will begin as soon...

District Depending on Tax Renewal to Maintain Momentum

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Nearly one-third of the school district’s state-funded operating dollars will be on the line when voters consider a non-homestead property tax renewal next Tuesday,...

Want to Help Puerto Rico? Here’s One Way

Featured Briefs Charles Honey
The City of Grand Rapids is teaming up with the school district to provide aid to the people of Puerto Rico, who face a...

Helping Hispanic Students Get to and Through College

Grand Rapids Linda Odette
Getting Hispanic students to pursue a college education is the main goal of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (UHSLI), an organization that brought...

Museum Students Help Envision ‘a City for Humans’

Grand Rapids Jaye Beeler
On the Bridge Street Bridge -- with traffic roaring by and glass giants towering nearby - Grand Rapids Public Museum School students Sophia Almonte...

Courageous Student Wins Prestigious Honor

Grand Rapids Jaye Beeler
Although she thought winning the State of Michigan Breaking Traditions 2017 Excellence Award might be the pinnacle of recognition last spring, earning the YWCA...

‘Reading with a Purpose’ Helps Students Learn

The Road to Reading Charles Honey
Rebecca Ophoff’s 25 fourth-graders are following along an article at their desks as she asks them what kind of writing it is. “What makes it...

A Promise Made, a Promise Kept

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher
For more than 150 years, they've been turning out heroic figures at the former Grand Rapids Central High School – now Innovation Central High. But...
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