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Superintendent: It’s a Tough Job

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

There may be no tougher job than that of a school superintendent. I’ve worked with nearly 100 in Kent ISD alone over the past two decades. All were smart, caring and compassionate people. All were subject to withering criticism

Tech Center’s 3D Autism Project a national finalist in Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ contest

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

For months now, in a digital technology program at Kent Career Tech Center, nearly 40 high schoolers propel themselves into a real-world project in digital design, animation, graphics and game-making

Filipino ESL student is still learning, and loving it, at age 84

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

At age 84, Susan Domeier likes to spend three hours, two evenings a week in her English as a Second Language class. Her native language is Tagalog, and though she has spoken English for decades, she wants to improve her vocabulary and conversational skills

Grant Gives Students Welding Skills, Virtual-style

Kent ISD Janice Holst

Whether you are in high school attempting to settle on a career, an adult back to school to upgrade skills or a young child...

So, What’s Your Job Like?

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema

Cold weather can sometimes be a plumber’s ally. That was one of the first things Nathan Bush and Ben Smith learned as they stomped...

Virtual Reality Welding Training to Expand Student Options

Kent ISD Allison Kaufman

The Michigan Department of Education announced this week that Kent ISD and 13 other ISDs and school districts across the state were awarded Career...

Transcripts Should Tell More Complete Story, Leaders Say

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

John Kraus thinks high school transcripts ought to show both a student's achievement in the classroom as well as learning that happened outside school...

Thank You

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

I'd like to take the promise of this holiday season to thank all who work with children, with adolescents and young adults to help...

Bride Selects Student-created Wedding Cakes for Reception

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

It's not often students get to create the prettiest -- and surely the most romantic of all -- wedding cakes. Forty-five advanced baking-pastry students...

Test-Driven Curriculum: Meet the 6Cs

All Districts Erin Albanese

The messages of Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, co-author of the book “Becoming Brilliant,” and Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future, merge two ideas: Schools need to...

Fred Thorne: 47 Years of Service to Children

Multi Districts Ron Koehler

Fred Thorne gave all but 30 of his 77 years to the children of Sparta and Kent County as a quietly competent and humble...

Dia de los Muertos a Celebration of Life

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Schools throughout Kent ISD this week studied and celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a a Nov. 2 holiday to honor the...

From Classroom to Workplace and Back Again

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

For Luke Wilson and John Rasch, the pathway to teaching started at Kent Career Tech Center, when they were high school students learning the...

Can’t Keep A Can-do Man Down

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

It took the better part of four years for Mike Alanowski to get his foot in the door as a full-time employee in the...

Superheroes Save the Day (Even Marriages) at ArtPrize

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

The superheroes from Kent Transition Center -- a few masked and caped, ready to explore all quarters of light and dark -- charged into...

Courageous Student Wins Prestigious Honor

Grand Rapids Jaye Beeler

Although she thought winning the State of Michigan Breaking Traditions 2017 Excellence Award might be the pinnacle of recognition last spring, earning the YWCA...

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Second-grade teacher: literacy is a civil right

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Book battle promotes literacy, teamwork

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