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Social worker reaches out to students, parents to meet mental health needs

Wyoming Erin Albanese
With one in five children experiencing a mental disorder nationally, extra support staff can help students and parents connect with the help they need...

Making it right to be real

Thornapple Kellogg Hannah Lentz
Thornapple Kellogg High School recently kicked off a series of assemblies building on the Making it Cool to be Kind program...

MSU finance study finds education funding going backwards, with Michigan dead last among the states — and the disinvestment shows

All Districts Erin Albanese
A study on Michigan school finance, detailing how state lags in revenue growth and student performance, calls for a more equitable funding system...

Equity coach researches bias in school discipline to reduce racial disparities

Issues in Education James Harger
Not all disciplinary actions are handed out evenly in Michigan schools and it’s affecting how kids are learning. The Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative is researching how to help school districts mete out their disciplinary practices more equitably...

State program to fight racial bias in school discipline is moving ahead despite federal pushback

All Districts James Harger
A federally funded program of the Michigan Department of Education supports school district efforts to reduce racial disparity in discipline by addressing together student issues of behavior and learning...

State’s new letter-grade system for schools gets mixed reviews

All Districts Erin Albanese
New legislation means Michigan schools will receive grades in several categories, but no overall grade...

‘She’s one of us’

Special Education Erin Albanese
Her mother said she sees her daughter retaining information and communicating more and more. She wants to do things herself. ‘She wants to be little Miss Independent’...

Academy aims to groom future teachers for GRPS

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
A partnership between Grand Rapids Public Schools and Ferris State University, the Academy of Teaching and Learning aims to motivate students to go into teaching...

Walking through the ‘door of opportunity’

Classrooms for All Hannah Lentz
Wyoming high school students Mounahinde (Terry) Almame and Rohim Mohammed visited Lisa Monroe and Jodi VanDam’s fifth-grade class to talk about their experiences as refugees...

From making meals to selling Christmas cards, students learn job skills

All Districts Gregory Chandler
Now in its 15th year, Region 1 Transition Services provides continuing education opportunities for adults, ages 18-26, with special needs in northern Kent County. The program’s goal is to help students gain employment, become involved in their local communities and lead independent lives...

Two classes, two ways to learn about refugees

Classrooms for All Morgan Jarema
Students at Cherry Creek Elementary and Lowell Middle School are giving thought to what it means to have to leave home and make a new one, thousands of miles away...

Walkathon delivers peer connections, outside experiences

Multi Districts Bridie Bereza
Last year’s event raised $2,100, which paid for a monthly student experience at Pine Grove, ranging from a mobile zoo exhibit to the antics of local author and puppeteer Kevin Kammeraad...

Understanding what the fuss is all about: A primer on the M-STEP

All Districts Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD
The new school year coincides with the release of the last school year’s state assessment data (2017-18) — the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)...

Leaders begin transition of center programs from GRPS to Kent ISD

Special Education Charles Honey
The Grand Rapids school board voted to discontinue operating special education center programs on behalf of all 20 Kent ISD school districts, effectively turning them over to the intermediate district as of July 2019...

Dear Secretary DeVos: don’t overlook needs of the whole student

Issues in Education School News Network
In a time of dramatic change and challenge in public schools, teachers increasingly have made their voices heard regarding policies of the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos...

Giving back as others gave to them

Student Leaders Erin Albanese
Three sisters, refugees from Rwanda, devote their Monday evenings to volunteering at the Learning Café, an education center in Grand Rapids that serves refugee children...
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