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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...

Goodbye to Lecture-based Science

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese
Wyoming Intermediate School teacher Janet Norman's sixth-grade students brainstormed during science class. They considered: What kind of packaging is strong enough for a drone...

‘Like Brothers and Sisters’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
High school senior Kamryn Jansen helped sophomore Chris Lippenga to screen print a previously tie-dyed T-shirt. On the front they printed “LINKS” and on...

‘A Model Program’ Says State Supe

Northview Charles Honey
About halfway through a tour of Northview High School and its Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program, junior Bozena Sneller asked state Superintendent Brian...

‘If It Saves One Person’s Life’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Evan Kobayashi was an excellent student, a talented baseball player and a considerate classmate. The high school student was “a humble, fun-loving, gentle soul,”...

Students New to U.S. Struggle to Succeed, Overcome Stereotypes

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
For Union High seniors Sergio Diaz, Elida Deleon and Keyli Ventura-Valasquez, learning English was the key to everything else when it came to school....

Taking on a Tough Topic: Severe Stress in Students

Kent ISD School News Network
So many things in life can cause stress, including for teens and young people. School News Network reporter Charles Honey sees this first-hand. He...

“Am I in America, Really?” Refugee Students Leave Terror Behind, Look to Future

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Gloria Tungabose's eyes flash as she tells of her father, killed in Burundi. Her mother's ethnicity was Tutsi and her father's was Hutu, and...

Student Braves ‘Train of Death’ to Come to U.S., Go to School

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Kenia's story of her journey to the U.S. comes through the fuzzy lens of a child's memory. She's uncertain how long she traveled or...

Talking About Sexuality Is Rarely Easy

Kent ISD Linda Odette
There is a huge gap in what students with special needs know about human sexuality and what to do if they face a related...

Disable the Label

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
Josh Vandyk has been called names by his peers. "Monster" is one that particularly hurt, he said. There have been others. And he's heard...
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