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No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network
Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

School groups learn about Anishinaabe history, customs from Michigan tribes

Education Everywhere Erin Albanese
Student groups met with tribe members during Anishinaabe Culture Day at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

Dream weavers: project connects countries, schools, students

Lowell Erin Albanese
High school students intertwined their dreams with those of students in Uruguay, thanks to a globally minded teacher. 

From organization to district & vice versa, partnership supports community

Lowell Erin Albanese
Food, clothes and housing top the list of needs for families in Lowell Area Schools, and Flat River Outreach Ministries has been working to meet those needs for 26 years.

Organization works to bring affordable housing to community

Lowell Erin Albanese
With many families unable to afford housing, Flat River Outreach Ministries is bringing options to Lowell.

U.S. Rep. Scholten weighs in on national issues affecting local schools

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell
U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten recently sat down with SNN to discuss career and technical education, the upcoming election and more. 

Is it enough? Supplemental budget aims to offset mental health, security cuts

All Districts Riley Kelley
Supplemental funds will curb the impact of mental health and safety cuts in the education budget, but they won’t solve everything.

District leaders step up as bus drivers

Lowell Erin Albanese
School leaders step up to fill a bus driver shortage; in doing so they’re connecting with students, helping maintain routes and managing “a classroom with wheels.”

U.S. Education Secretary: ‘We gotta fight for our educators’ 

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona hosted a roundtable discussion on public service loan forgiveness with local educators.

First-year teacher wants students to know ‘You can have fun while learning’

Podcasts School News Network
In this episode of Study Hall, first-year Kent City teacher Marla Anderson discusses why she chose teaching at a time new teachers are badly needed.

Why do most schools start before Labor Day? Several reasons

Multi Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Middle college programs are the main reason Kent ISD seeks a post-Labor Day waiver for all local school districts. But there are others.

Student musicians tour Europe, performing along the way

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
With Michigan Musicians Abroad, high school students performed concerts in London, Paris, Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Bus drivers role-play safety, security events

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
More than 170 attended a training focused on educating bus drivers on how to handle unexpected violence and threats.

Voters say ‘yes’ to library, early childhood millage requests

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Both the Kent District Library and the Ready by Five early childhood millage requests had huge support at the polls. 

Campers master lessons, grow their knowledge on gardening

Lowell Erin Albanese
A lot goes into growing food, campers are learning, as they tend, harvest, eat and sell the bounty from their community garden.

Camp’s mission is to build an art community

Lowell Erin Albanese
Students spend summer days making suncatchers, tie dye, nature collages, treasure maps and painted rocks at Lowell’s first art camp.
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