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‘Teamwork makes the dream work’

Kent ISD Hannah Lentz

Members of the awards committee for the Michigan Council for Exceptional Children spend hours debating applicants for the Teacher of the Year award. From videos of support to written testimonials, KTC instructor Michael Spagnuolo stood out and was named their 2018 Teacher of the Year...

Students explore, learn, create at summer camps

Summertime Journal Dianne Carroll Burdick

A pair of four-day “camps” at Kent Career Tech Center are giving students the chance to explore what it’s like to work in culinary arts, automotive repair, engineering, construction and more...

Vote here for your favorite Duck Tape prom outfit

Caledonia Erin Albanese

Kent Career Tech Center students Baylee DeVos and Blake Johnson have both been named finalists in the the Stuck at Prom Scholarship Competition and are in the running for a $10,000 scholarship...

MySchool@Kent students overcome obstacles to get to graduation

Grads with Grit Janice Holst

Students choose online high school for a variety of reasons. Here, a few of this year’s graduates reflect...

MDE seeks parents for focus group June 21

All Districts School News Network

The Michigan Department of Education is seeking 12 parents for a June 21 focus group about the Parent Dashboard. No experience with the dashboard is needed, and participants will be given $40 as a thank you for their time...

Kent ISD leader named president of state association for business officials

Kent ISD School News Network

Mike Hagerty, assistant superintendent at Kent ISD, recently became the 81st president of Michigan School Business Officials. He will serve as president in 2018-19 after serving on the MSBO Board of Directors for the past six years...

For future pros, an app to reward professional behavior

Kent ISD Tylee Bush

The Going Pro app recognizes five different behaviors: being professional, respectful, responsible, safe (physically and emotionally), and demonstrating initiative...

Consultant hired to review center-based special education programs

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

The Kent ISD School Board approved a contract with consultant Beth Steenwyk to review practices and provide a comprehensive, third-party review of special education center programs...

And who are we wearing tonight? Duct tape, actually

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Baylee DeVos recruited her friend and Tech Center classmate junior Blake Johnson to take on a major art project: create a dress, tuxedo and accessories including shoes, a purse, corsage, boutonniere and hat completely out of duct tape...

At KTC manufacturing lab, students learn job skills by doing them

Kent City Hannah Lentz

The 18-month-old manufacturing lab simulates the experience of being on-the-job to help students (many with learning disabilities or special needs) get ready for an entry level manufacturing position...

Teachers learn alongside students in ‘read-aloud’ classroom tour

The Road to Reading Morgan Jarema

A quartet of literacy coaches from Kent ISD recently led a trio of early literacy essentials read-aloud field trips for teachers, administrators and other K-12 staff...

Counselor of the Year

Kent ISD Hannah Lentz

Gary Moline of Kent Career Tech Center receives WMCA Counselor of the Year award...

Michigan’s NAEP Scores: What do they mean? Probably not what you think

How's School Today? Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD

32 Percent of Michigan’s 4th Graders Score at 7th Grade Level on the NAEP. Did you miss that headline last week? I did too. That’s because...

Students seek ways to attract more people into teaching

Kent ISD School News Network

Teams of Kent Innovation High students were challenged to research the causes of the shortage of college students training to be teachers, and formulate a possible way for GVSU's College of Education to address the problem

Blended online, in-class MySchool@Kent program expanded to middle school

Kent ISD Linda Odette

The MySchool@Kent program, previously just for high school students, gets a test run at the middle school level

Champion spellers compete Tuesday at The Bee

All Districts Allison Kaufman

Winners from school spelling bees across West Michigan will gather Tuesday, March 27 at 6:30 pm in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum for...

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Second-grade teacher: literacy is a civil right

Her motto of ‘always work hard’ leads to early graduation

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Love of programming is in the code

Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

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