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Students tackle youth mental health crisis with peers

Youth Mental Health Allison Poosawtsee

As Michigan schools strategize to provide mental health support for students, these high schoolers are taking action on their own...

Amid youth mental health crisis, districts invest in new programs

Youth Mental Health Allison Poosawtsee

Youth are in crisis when it comes to mental health. What are Kent County schools doing to address the concerns that students bring into the classroom?

Gun safety and mental-health services: it’s not an either-or to stop school shootings

All Districts Charles Honey

Students say both safety legislation and improved mental-health services are needed to stem the tide of mass school shootings. Adults need to listen and take action...

Efficiency needed to get funds to schools, superintendents say

Thornapple Kellogg Allison Poosawtsee

One-time funding for mental health, school safety and learning loss mitigation are taking too long to reach districts, educators said. Districts must pass their budgets by July 1, but the state’s deadline is Oct. 1...

Newly configured preschool focuses on being inclusive

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This year, all of Godwin’s 4-year-old preschool students are now housed at the Early Education Center...

What do you like best about school?

All Districts Erin Albanese

In this final installment of our student roundtable, the high school panelists share what they enjoy about school, and what makes them feel connected...

How safe do you feel in your school?

All Districts Charles Honey

Our student panelists talk about the toll school shootings take on their sense of safety, and what needs to be done to curb the plague of gun violence in schools...

‘High-dosage tutoring’ helps students catch up

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Kentwood Public Schools is offering everyday reading support through a “high-dosage” tutoring pilot program...

How much of a problem is social media, and how do we fix it?

All Districts Charles Honey

Our student panelists say TikTok, Instagram and other social media are breeding insecurity and rewiring their brains in unhealthy ways...

Hot off the 3D printer: communication equity

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

When staff looked to build a better keyguard, they didn’t have to go far to find a solution...

What would you like adults to know about what your life is like?

All Districts Charles Honey

Our student panelists unload about the pressures of high school life, getting those good grades and living up to their families’ expectations...

How big an issue is mental health at your school?

All Districts Erin Albanese

High school panelists share what they think are the strengths of and challenges to finding support...

Intentional spaces inspire and connect students

Issues in Education Carol Lautenbach

Designing for today’s learning outcomes in yesterday’s school buildings comes with barriers and constraints that can be overcome with intentional and creative solutions...

What is it like to be a high school student today?

Student Voices Erin Albanese

What’s life like for a high school student in 2023? In a six-part series, 10 students from all corners of Kent County talk about their pressures, stressors and happy places...

Education space, the ‘third teacher’

Issues in Education Carol Lautenbach

Schools in Kent County move beyond “cells and bells” to create spaces for collaboration and belonging...

Film class ‘teaching us how to be whole’

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Rockford High film students put mental health in the spotlight in most every project they create...

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