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Language, Culture and ‘Jambo!’

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Sixth grade teacher Rebecca Bing remembers a particularly tough day at school. She walked down the hall, feeling a little tired and pensive. Suddenly,...

Education Nominee Generates Concerns And Hopes for Future

All Districts Charles Honey
As someone who taught for 25 years, is the daughter of teachers and married one, Mary Bouwense’s life has been steeped in public schooling....

Finding True North

All Districts School News Network
Brandi Pilcher knew she was going in the wrong direction, but didn't know how to change course. That is, until she found her north...

From Desperation to Diploma: A Somali Refugee’s Story

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Note from the author: I met Arafat Abdikarim Yassin last February while visiting East Kentwood High School to write about the school's refugee population....

Helping with Stress at the Holidays

Grandville Morgan Jarema
When Karen Hoekstra was in high school, there was no "be nice" committee, and talking about mental illness just didn't happen, she said. "Had there...

Keeping the ‘Monster’ Out and Students in Class

All Districts Linda Odette
Truancy and chronic absenteeism have been described by educators as "the monster at the door." Kent ISD school districts are trying to ensure the...

Easing Fears and Teaching Respect

All Districts Charles Honey
For many students, the election of Donald Trump as president provoked fear and uncertainty, especially in schools with large immigrant and Muslim populations. For...

Nurturing the In-between Years: It’s All About Relationships

All Districts Erin Albanese
Middle school is a notoriously tough time for students, as they make the transition from well-ordered elementary school to increasingly independent high school. In...

Nurturing the In-between Years

All Districts Erin Albanese
This is the first installment of a two-part series on the challenges of middle school and what local districts are doing to meet them...

She Walks in Their Shoes to Understand Their Challenges

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
At Bowen Elementary School, English Learner teacher Katie Lett's students recently filled out "All About Me" forms. Soon they would write details about themselves...

Should I Stop or Should I Go? Too Many Motorists Don’t Know

All Districts Linda Odette
When you see red lights on the school bus start flashing in front of you, it always means stop, right? And when you see yellow...

Gender Identity is Not So Simple, Speaker Tells Educators

All Districts Erin Albanese
Many opinions, beliefs and confusion swirl around the topic of gender identity and how schools should address it. In the eye of that swirling...

A Friend’s Message on Suicide: ‘This is For Real’

Cedar Springs School News Network
Before the opening credits to a film about suicide, freshman Noah McGee took the stage at Cedar Springs High School to share his painful,...

20 Districts, Many Ways to Add Five More Days

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
How do you add five days to the school year without disrupting family schedules, while increasing student learning and not starting before Labor Day? Ask...

Welcoming Our Newest, Most Vulnerable Students, Families

Classrooms for All Charles Honey
Tula Khadka remembers what it was like all too well. Arriving in West Michigan from Nepal in 2013, he didn’t know much English or...

Poetry Helps Angry, Distant Student Emerge as School Leader

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
54th Street Academy junior Brianna Darin spoke about her battle with depression and anxiety on National Public Radio’s program “State of Opportunity,” explaining whatit’s...
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