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New State Schools Chief Aims to Put Michigan in Top Tier

Issues in Education Charles Honey

If Michigan is to become a top 10 education state within 10 years, its students need to spend less time taking tests and more...

Elementary Counselors: ‘The Normal Has Changed’

Forest Hills Erin Albanese

Elementary school counselors at Kelloggsville Public Schools and Forest Hills Public Schools are helping students navigate their way through a world of evolving technology,...

See Something Wrong? Tell Someone with OK2SAY

Rockford Charles Honey

Tatum Kleis is glad to know that if she sees someone being bullied, there’s a number to call. “It makes me feel safer,” the North...

Recent Tragedies Heighten Schools’ Concerns About Mental Health

All Districts Charles Honey

The theater was quiet except for the rustling of popcorn bags. When the movie ended, the silence was louder. That silence was what the movie...

Journaling, Imaginations Make Waves of Summertime Learning

Classrooms for All School News Network

Dante Botello may never have entertained the notion of caring for a pet monkey had it not been for his Spanish Elementary teacher, who...

New Vaccine Waiver Rule Irks Some Parents, Reassures Others

Issues in Education Charles Honey

Sarah Hernandez spent two years in Haiti as a volunteer for Nurse Without Borders, vaccinating children against polio, measles, whooping cough and other diseases....

Summer Migrant Program Stimulates New Generation of Possibilities

Classrooms for All School News Network

While scores of area children can be heard frolicking in the summer sun, an all together different buzz resonates inside the district's middle school...

Wanted: Substitute Teachers. Lots of Them

All Districts Charles Honey

On the next-to-last day of school, all of North Godwin Elementary School’s teachers were present except for one, the physical-education teacher. Ella Moran, a...

Most Threats Not Credible, But Districts Prepare to Respond

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

Though real bombs are almost never preceded by warnings, school districts need step-by-step policies in place to respond to every incident, law enforcement officials...

Helping Students Grow After Bullying Incidents

All Districts Charles Honey

When Tarena VanDyke was accused of bullying another student, it really hurt, she said. “I’ve never seen myself as a bully,” said the Northview High...

Gay-Straight Alliances Foster Safe Haven for LGBT Students

All Districts School News Network

The laughter inside the classroom reaches a crescendo when Caleb Smith hauls out Bruce the Shark — the somewhat official mascot of Rockford High...

Teachers Tweak Instruction to Engage Students at All Learning Levels

All Districts Erin Albanese

Discovery Elementary School's first-grade classrooms were bustling with activity. In one room, students read parts in the play "The City Mouse and The Country...

Test Stress: Weighing Balance of Time, Data, Effort

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

Comstock Park High School Principal Steve Gough knows too well the stress of cramming more testing into the classroom -- and crowding out valuable...

Amid Mounting Pressures, Districts Face Changing Tests and Schedules

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

Following months of back-and-forth debate from the state concerning Common Core, the national set of educational standards, teachers and administrators now are preparing for...

Schools Spend Big to Tighten Security: ‘We Live in a Different World’

Issues in Education Charles Honey

Lyza Hockemeyer says she generally feels pretty safe at Northview High School. But when she hears about bomb threats that have been made to...

Girls vs. Boys in School: A Growing Gap

Issues in Education Charles Honey

While women have overtaken men in college-going rates and college degrees in recent decades, K-12 school girls have outperformed boys for nearly a century,...

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