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Lansing Adds Confusion as Common Core Implementation Begins

Kent ISD Charles Honey

The Common Core is coming, so get ready. That has been the message across all 20 school districts in Kent County for three years. Thousands...

From Immigrant to Valedictorian and Millennium Scholar

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

When Kaleab Mamo arrived in Michigan from his native Ethiopia, he started his freshman year at Creston High School speaking no English. Now, he’s finished...

Tech Center Students to Start Classes at Downtown Market

Kent ISD Allison Kaufman

Quick! How many places can you find high school students engaged in learning? While you might be able to list some of the 60+...

Programs Help Transitional Families Keep Kids in School

Kent ISD School News Network

Two years ago, Jessica had a steady job, a home and three children enrolled in Godwin Heights Public Schools. That was before she started...

Health Students Help Doctors, Nurses with Disaster Drill

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Emanuel Melendez appeared weary and ill when he walked in. “I’m so weak and the nausea has been so bad,” he told Dr. James Barron,...

Top Students Find a Real Challenge in ATYP

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Nineteen students hunch intently over their papers and scratch away with pens and pencils. Their English writing assignment this morning: In what way has...

Providing the Services Families Need – Right at School

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When Kenyana Gary brought her children to Sibley Elementary School two years ago, she had just been laid off from her job, recently divorced,...

Overcoming Asperger’s, Becoming a Student Leader

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Gage Schell led tours of the Informational Technology program at Kent Career Tech Center, articulately explaining the program to adult visitors. He served on...

Innovation High, Global Tech: Engaging Students in Real World Connections & Projects

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

World War II for sophomore Zach Jones became something real when he met veterans who remembered it firsthand. It brought the history lesson to...

Districts Seeing Red Over Michigan’s Color-Coded Accountability System

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When the state’s new color-coded School Accountability Scorecard rated Rockford Public Schools red – the lowest ranking – school district parents didn’t understand why....

Choices Influence District Enrollment, Revenues

Kent ISD Charles Honey

For baseball fans, the first Wednesday in October offered a chance to watch the American League sort out Wild Card teams to determine who...

School Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

There’s an ongoing debate about school funding in our state. The governor and legislators of his party claim they’ve contributed more to education in each...

‘Schools and Guns Don’t Mix’ – Except Under Michigan Law

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Like many residents in his largely rural school district, Superintendent Tom Enslen enjoys deer hunting. He has fond memories of hunting near Kalkaska and...

Kent County Students to Share Message on Diversity

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

The bottom line is: “You’re human,” said Willianna Paulino, a junior at Grand Rapids University Prep Academy. Willianna played a Monopoly-style game that challenged students...

Tweet N’ Eat While Wearing IsePure Natural Cologne

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

Students from the Kent Career Tech center have been selected as the top three finalists in two different categories in the Network for Teaching...

High School Students Have Backstage Pass to Learning Technical Side of Theater

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

What Josh Hess loves about theater is the backstage magic: working the lights and bringing all the technical parts of the show together just...

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