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Foundation funds math curriculum, mental health coordinator

Caledonia Alexis Stark
The Caledonia Education Foundation recently awarded the district a $75,000 grant to pay for a new math curriculum and to free up dollars to add a new position to serve students’ mental, social and emotional health needs...

‘We are here to help’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The tri-colored posters along the walls of the Kent Career Tech Center offer a simple reminder to students who walk the facility’s halls: 'We are here to help'...

Helping students struggling with isolation-induced anxiety and other mental health issues

School 2.0 Charles Honey
Now that they can’t meet with students behind a closed door in their office, school mental health workers are finding other ways to help...

Supporting healthy relationships as ‘the root of all learning’

Caledonia Hannah Lentz
Vickie Swanson has had many roles in her two years with Caledonia Schools, all aimed at the goal of addressing mental health across the district...

‘All of their stories come together’

Places of Refuge Erin Albanese
In a school district that is home to many not born in the U.S., seventh graders dive deep into learning about and welcoming newcomers from all over the world...

Legislators, superintendents, students talk top issues in Michigan Schools

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
One lawmaker said it’s important for them to understand 'what it means on the ground and in real life for our educators'...

On being an empathetic ear

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Ben Sorota read a School News Network article about a group at another school, which led him to start a group of his own...

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...

Engagement: The Most Important Measure of Student Success

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Polls find that students’ engagement in their school work declines as they ascend the grades. Tests that don’t relate to their real-life experiences exacerbate the problem...

Onsite clinicians expand mental health services at middle schools

Youth Mental Health Erin Albanese
Principals and nurses are reporting that students are talking about more anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and stressful situations at home...

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...

Kent ISD focused on improving outcomes for center-based special education students

Empowering Abilities James Harger
Now that Kent ISD has completed its takeover of nine center-based special education programs, Director Paul Dymowski says it’s time to focus on improving outcomes for the nearly 1,400 students enrolled in the programs...

Governor talks grit with second-graders, budget with media

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited second-graders at Meadowlawn Elementary to talk about what it’s like to have her job. She also weighed in on state issues with the media...

Two programs become one, to help infants and toddlers

Empowering Abilities James Harger
The Ken-O-Sha Home Community program will fit hand-in-glove with Kent ISD’s Early On program when Grand Rapids Public Schools transfers its special education center programs to Kent ISD this summer, leaders say. Both programs serve children with impairments from birth to 3 years old...

Students learn skills the fun way: making music

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema
A group of Alto Elementary students took part in 10 one-hour sessions with a music therapist at the Franciscan Life Process Center, thanks to a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...

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...
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