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For MLK Day, educators discuss improving equity in education

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

A leading advocate on equity in education says Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy requires educators to dig deeper into making sure all students have what they need to thrive...

Local teachers awarded grants for resiliency by new LMCU program

Multi Districts Charles Honey

Three Rockford Public Schools teachers were among 25 honored in Michigan and Florida recently for the resilience they have shown in an unprecedented school year...

Mental health checks and career exploration find virtual home in school districts

Multi Districts Janice Holst

A tool students can use with their phones is opening doors to careers -- many of them local -- and giving administrators a read on emotional wellness...

First-time presidential voters take ‘a very important step’

Multi Districts Charles Honey

Students from six Kent County high schools share the experience of voting for president for the first time...

For school business officers, an ‘incredibly frenzied’ year

Multi Districts Phil de Haan

Being a school district business manager is a big job in the best of times. But doing the job during COVID-19? A challenge to say the least...

Better-than-expected K-12 budget brings relief, unknowns remain

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

State legislators approved a flat per-pupil foundation grant and a one-time increase of $65 per pupil following tumultuous months of uncertainty...

The year of learning differently

Multi Districts Beth Heinen Bell

SNN asked a sampling of students from across the county how it’s going for them so far in a school year of multiple instruction models...

Food ‘angels’ support hungry kids through pandemic

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

They work all across Kent County, guardian angels with peanut butter on their hands and crumbs on their shirtsleeves...

Two local districts ask voters to approve funding proposals

Multi Districts Charles Honey

The Cedar Springs and Lowell school districts are going to voters Aug. 4 with proposals to improve buildings, grounds and educational technology...

The Class of 2020: learning to roll with it

Multi Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

From 9/11 to the coronavirus, the Class of 2020 saw and experienced tremendous change within their school careers and young lives...

Students speak out on protests, call for ‘a better America tomorrow’

Multi Districts School News Network

For area students, the ongoing protests over police brutality could be a teachable moment, a call to action or both...

‘I’m a 2020 grad, and wouldn’t want it any other way’

School 2.0 Phil de Haan

Across Kent County schools had to scramble to revamp graduation activities in a time of COVID-19...

Supporting parents as teachers

School 2.0 Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Bright Beginnings was recently recognized by the national organization that sets standards for early childhood programs...

A clean sweep: seven districts pass funding proposals

Multi Districts School News Network

All seven school districts in Kent ISD that made funding requests to voters had them approved, despite the economic and health crises of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Districts come to voters with funding proposals May 5

Multi Districts School News Network

Seven school districts in Kent ISD have funding requests on next week’s Tuesday, May 5 election ballot, ranging from major bond issues and sinking funds to non-homestead operating millage renewals...

Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’

School 2.0 Charles Honey

In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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Actors reflect on history’s lessons, speaking out

Student artists commemorate founding of the US

New classroom library sparks excitement for reading

Exploring the ‘science-y side’ of the Winter Games

Student artists commemorate founding of the US

Lowell grad who has autism pens folly-filled comedic play

Middle school to host regional writing competition in March

Students share why being heard matters

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