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Passionate Team Embraces New Learners of English

Issues in Education Linda Odette

Growing numbers of English-language learners led Thornapple Kellogg Schools to hire its first ELL district coordinator this year and create a team that's passionate...

‘To Learn, They Have to Feel Safe’

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When a student walks in Sarah Gammans' office and closes the door, it's always possible she might have to ask the question. Do you have...

Why Are Kids Hurting & What Can We Do?

Kent ISD Charles Honey

While school counselors do their best to help students struggling with mental-health problems, some need more intensive professional help. Lately, agencies providing that help...

Mom Is ‘Determined to Do It’

Rockford Charles Honey

When Danielle Warner-Cavasos gets an A on a test, she puts it right where her children will see it: on the fridge. That's how much...

‘A Girl Like Her’ Shows Harsh Realities of Bullying, Suicide

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch

When offered the opportunity to comment on bullying, the consensus from students who recently attended the screening of "A Girl Like Her" was it's...

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....

Providing Equity in Education Can Mean Everything to a Child

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

In science, a paradigm shift occurs when there is a change in underlying assumptions, when conventional wisdom comes into question as a result of...

Equity Leads to Excellence in Schools, Requires Courage and Tenacity

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

A child's background remains the biggest predictor of his or her success in the classroom, said professor and author Pedro Noguera. But that doesn't...

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...

SNN Series Shows Team Approach Can Help Students Overcome Poverty

Kent ISD Charles Honey

I knew there was poverty up there in northern Kent County, but I didn’t know it felt this cold. Flossie Bliss sat in a plastic...

Lee High School: A Tale of the Need for Equity

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee High School freshman Paul Villarreal wrote down his vocabulary words: "zest," "campaigner," "poliomyelitis" and "delegate" while in the Scholastic READ 180 classroom. The...

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