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Approved federal voucher program is scaled back version of original plan

All Districts Erin Albanese

The sweeping federal funding bill passed July 3 includes a school voucher program, but it's not as far reaching as originally planned.

Fifth-graders leave a legacy for future reading, relaxation

Thornapple Kellogg Alexis Stark

Page Elementary fifth-graders brought their vision for a hammock garden to life and had a summer celebration to recognize their hard work.

Resolution Center hosts restorative practices training for educators

All Districts Erin Albanese

A training on restorative practices aims to equip educators with skills to use in the classroom.

After first year of teaching, ‘‘I feel like I could just keep going’

All Districts Charles Honey

First-year Kent City teacher Marla Anderson has no regrets about going into public-school teaching, calling it “the best job.”

Massive federal spending bill includes nationwide school voucher program

All Districts Erin Albanese

A first-of-its kind federal school voucher program would allow 100% tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations.

Classroom to state council: Students step into leadership through SkillsUSA

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Four Kent Career Tech Center students are using their state officer roles to build confidence, gain career experience and inspire others.

Education advocates grapple with potential closure of DOE

All Districts Riley Kelley

Parents and other education advocates talk about what the closure of the U.S. Department of Education would mean for Kent County and for public education as a whole.

‘Student involvement, teacher involvement – directly related’

All Districts Erin Albanese

How can teaching be a more attractive profession so students can learn better? High schoolers consider the question.

Multiracial Black Student Alliance celebrates ‘spreading culture and diversity’

Podcasts Charles Honey

City High Middle School’s Black Student Alliance celebrates Black culture all year long and encourages fellow students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to do the same.

Third-graders raise, release salmon into local river

Thornapple Kellogg Alexis Stark

Lee Elementary third-graders raised salmon for the first time, thanks to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Salmon in the Classroom program.

Is AI helping you learn, or just making you lazier?

All Districts Charles Honey

Artificial intelligence, better known as AI, is now everywhere all the time. We ask our student roundtable: Is this entirely a good thing?

Are you feeling the effects of political polarization at your school?

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Do high-schoolers feel today’s political tensions in their everyday lives? Is an underlying climate of divisiveness affecting their school experiences at all?

Commentary: Are teachers really appreciated, or under ‘anti-woke’ attack?

All Districts Charles Honey

Teacher Appreciation Week should be a celebration of our children’s best instructors, but federal DEI ultimatums tied to funding are threatening their academic freedom and support for disadvantaged students.

High-schoolers: Do you feel safe at school?

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

Do today’s high-schoolers feel safe in school? Is that possible in this era of regular headline-making acts of violence in school settings?

Poverty simulation available to schools

All Districts Alexis Stark

Access of West Michigan hopes to educate more students, teachers and leaders in education about the realities of poverty and inspire advocacy.

District leaders forecast impact of tariffs, funding on budgets in uncertain times

All Districts Erin Albanese

The whiplash regarding back-and-forth tariff threats and the future of federal funds are on school leaders’ minds as they prepare next school year’s budgets.

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