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Students take action, lend voices to honor Florida school victims and plead for violence to end

Multi Districts School News Network
The number 17 served as a marker not only for moments of silence in honor of those killed, but for students’ thoughts on how to make schools safer and kinder

Donation sparks program that helps students get counseling

Youth Mental Health Morgan Jarema
The program’s name, “Bridging the Gap,” comes from the decision to use the funds to help families pay for amounts not covered by insurance

Local educators on school shootings: ‘Arming teachers is not the answer’

All Districts Erin Albanese
Kent County teachers and principals agree more must be done to stop mass school shootings, but say arming teachers is not the answer. More resources for mental health counselors and stricter firearms requirements are needed to keep students safe, they say

Can teachers be trained to handle guns in crisis? Not likely, police vets say

All Districts Charles Honey
Former Grand Rapids Police Sgt. Larry Johnson knows the lightning-quick thinking and split-second actions required to handle an active-shooter situation

Superintendents Respond to Yet Another Mass Shooting

All Districts Charles Honey
In the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in a Florida high school, School News Network asked local superintendents what their schools have done to protect against the possibility of a mass shooting; and what else needs to be done to reduce the incidence of such horrific violence

Students Go for the Green in Social Learning

Caledonia Erin Albanese
It's easy being green. But blue, yellow and red? That's another matter. Special education students are learning to express how they feel and to identify...

‘If I Can Do it, You Can Do It’

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Dressed in red, resemblant of flaming hot sauce, Bowen Elementary fifth-grader Yoe Shi Yar played David Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant who founded Huy Fong...

Statewide Study Shows True Cost of Educating a Child

All Districts Erin Albanese
What’s the actual annual baseline cost of educating a student to proficiency in Michigan? At minimum, nearly $2,000 more than we’re spending now, according...

Foundation Commits $90k to Teen Mental Health

Rockford Charles Honey
With problems of teen anxiety, depression and suicide on the rise, the Rockford Education Foundation decided it was time to step up its efforts...

Signing for Children Opens ‘Window to Information’

Northview Charles Honey
Early on a Monday morning, Kari Chapin’s kindergartners sit on the floor as she leads them through lively exercises -- singing the days of...

Typical Teen Stuff or Serious Mental Health Issue?

Youth Mental Health Jaye Beeler
For a while now, high school English teacher Sheri Gilreath-Watts has been teaching from Judith Guest's novel "Ordinary People," about a suicidal boy home...

Districts Scramble to Find Bus Drivers

All Districts Erin Albanese
Area schools are experiencing the nationwide shortage of bus drivers, putting transportation departments in a pinch to get students on the bus in the morning and back home after the final bell at a reasonable time.

‘The Goal is to Keep Them Reading’

Classrooms for All Janice Holst
Second-graders Leonel Santiago and Carlos Saldana hit an exciting benchmark this fall: They started reading their first chapter books. Besides helping them learn the important...

Got Breakfast?

All Districts Erin Albanese
Just after the morning school bell rings, West Kelloggsville Elementary School teacher Joy Howard calls up her kindergartners one-by-one to hand them breakfast. They...

‘Communities are Going to See Repercussions’

All Districts Charles Honey
In the library of Harrison Park School, Ryan Rose read aloud from a book about African animals as a dozen students listened expectantly. “We all...

Grant Brings Sex Ed Instruction to Students with Special Needs

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Eighth-grader Bryan Galvez aptly summarized the consequences of healthy versus risky decisions when it comes to teens and sex. “Would you rather have a...
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