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High Schoolers’ Work with Kindergartners Yields ‘Remarkable Results’

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
More than a dozen teenagers and young children sat politely in a circle on the gym floor. Then came the craziness. “Duck, duck, duck, duck...

Hitting the Airwaves for Clean Water

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
A group of Forest Hills Central Middle and Northern Trails ⅚ School students (now at Northern Hills Middle) were on the air this month...

For Special Needs Children, Research Shows Early Intervention Works

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
One morning at his daughter’s school, Tom Walla watched contentedly as 3-year-old Libby pasted leaves onto a wreath with help from a teacher, then...

PA 269: A Wall of Silence

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
When it's time to vote, when are you most confident of the decisions you make? Is it A: When you're well informed and can easily...

Parents Respond: Students are Being Over-tested

Issues in Education School News Network
Public school parents' top priorities for their children should be raising their level of hope and maintaining a high level of interest in what...

Computer Fields Beckon Girls to Great Careers

Kent City Erin Albanese
Rachel Bowman likes robots so much she wants to own a robotics company someday. She spends half her school day in the Information Technologies...

Survey Says: You Like Us, You Really Like Us

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema
Newsflash: Readers really like School News Network for news about students in their school districts that other media just doesn't cover. And your No....

Students Speak Out About Mental Health

Grandville Charles Honey
For students battling anxiety and depression, sometimes the greatest stress comes from seeking success. In today’s culture of high-stakes testing, high-cost college and all-everything excellence,...

Change for the Good

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema
Evidence of goodwill filled the halls of Kent Transition Center and Kent Career Tech Center in the weeks leading up to the holiday break. At...

Start College Planning Early, Experts Say

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
Focus on your GPA, get involved, develop good study habits. Students can start preparing for college as early as freshman year, which makes it...

Headed to College? What You Must Know

Kent ISD Charles Honey
College costs and career options being what they are, students heading toward higher education would do well to keep a few basics in mind....

It’s About Time

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Good things happen to those who wait. Having not read the entire 1,016 pages of the Every Student Succeeds Act, signed into law by President...

Chinese Educators Study Tech Center, Innovation High

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Innovation High School recently attracted international attention from a group of Chinese instructors looking to learn about education...

Raising the Roof – Literally

Kent ISD School News Network
The air is cold. The sun is just coming over the horizon. The metal scaffolding around the house has a light frost dusting and...

Schools Learn New Ways to Teach Reading

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
Collaboration is the way forward, say leaders of West Michigan's Reading Now Network. Teachers teaching other teachers, more staff with reading expertise, and learning...

‘To Learn, They Have to Feel Safe’

Kent ISD Charles Honey
When a student walks in Sarah Gammans' office and closes the door, it's always possible she might have to ask the question. Do you have...
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