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State grants to help students explore education careers

Multi Districts Phil de Haan

A staffing shortage comes at a time when districts not only need more educators in general to replace an aging workforce, but also more diverse educators...

Tech Center’s Hospitality & Culinary Program, instructors honored

Kent ISD Beth Heinen Bell

The Kent Career Technical Center’s culinary arts program and two of its teachers have received awards from the Grand Rapids chapter of the American Culinary Federation...

‘I want to do that’

Grads with Grit Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The encouragement of co-workers helped her discover Kent ISD adult education and its career and technical ed programs...

Ron Koehler named Kent ISD superintendent

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Update: No longer an ‘interim’...

Taking Open House to families over Zoom

Kent ISD Dianne Carroll Burdick

How do you replace an annual spring event that draws thousands? That was the challenge creatively answered by staff and students at the high school programs of Kent ISD...

Kent ISD superintendent search suspended, interim to stay on for now

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

With a low number of applications and a concern for rebuilding connectedness among staff, the Kent ISD board has suspended its superintendent search...

New equity fellowship open to more Kent County teachers

All Districts Erin Albanese

Area educators have a new opportunity to become Equity Fellows, trained in creating more equitable schools and classrooms...

Twenty regional winners competed for the chance to represent West Michigan at the National Spelling Bee. This was the first time some students competed in an in-person event since the pandemic began...

Kent ISD hosts virtual high school open houses Thursday

Kent ISD School News Network

Students will have the opportunity to explore three specialty high school programs virtually during online open house events from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25...

‘Her passion is contagious’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Danielle Hendry, recently named the new Kent ISD human resource director, always considered Kent ISD the place to be...

Quick thinkers wanted

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Students explore the fast-paced career of emergency medical services in Kent Career Tech Center’s newest class...

Career exploration goes virtual

Career Exploration Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

More than 1,700 students from Kent County and beyond took part in this year’s Groundhog Shadow Day event, the highest attendance ever...

Gauging the fallout from the pandemic on learning

Kent ISD Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD

While parents and educators use assessments to determine many kinds of student learning, a local researcher urges caution with testing from the pandemic year...

Help wanted: auto mechanics

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Kent ISD and GRCC programs create a pathway to careers that can pay top technicians anywhere from $80,000 to more than $100,000 per year...

What’s the link between iced macaroons and a PC cooled with water? The students exploring hundreds of careers at Kent Career Tech Center

Kent ISD Dianne Carroll Burdick

From custom decals, to pneumatics and desserts, Kent Career Tech Center students were hard at work when School News Network stopped by last week to catch them in action...

Hands-on health care training

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Looking to meet the interests of area students and the needs of local businesses, Kent Career Tech Center added the Medical Assistant program to its course offerings this year...

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