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Helping Schools Prep for Online Testing

Issues in Education Linda Odette

Nearly $100 million in grant money is helping school districts across the state update their technology so students can take standardized tests like the...

Teachers and School Open Doors of Possibility to Migrant Children

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

Esteban and Maria Ordaz, parents of Kent City Elementary third- and fourth-grade sisters Romalda and Rufina, immigrated from Mexico 12 years ago. They spend...

Third-grade Reading Legislation Could Hold Back Thousands

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Brown Elementary School students discussed the actions of a boasting rabbit and patient tortoise in Gayle Corey’s third-grade class as they considered characters, setting,...

Superintendents Join Forces to Improve Regional Reading Scores

Byron Center Erin Albanese

West Michigan educators are taking a collaborative approach to boost third-grade student reading proficiency up to the 80 percent mark in five years. Superintendents are...

School Leaders Help Migrant Students Realize Possibilities

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

The contribution by migrant workers to the economy is undeniable, with the literal fruits of their labor evident on grocery store shelves and in...

Time to say goodbye: After the Fall, migrant students head south

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series about the migrant studentpopulation and how teachers and administrators work together to serve them....

Embezzlement Case Raises Safeguard Issues for Schools

Caledonia Charles Honey

As parent-run youth sports programs go, this one seemed to be thriving. More than 100 third- through sixth-grade girls competed in volleyball against girls...

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