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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...

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...
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