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Charles Honey is an editor and also helps to develop series and issues stories for all districts. He is also producer of the SNN podcast, "Study Hall." As a reporter for The Grand Rapids Press/MLive from 1985 to 2009, his beats included Grand Rapids Public Schools, local colleges and education issues. He served as editor of The Press’ award-winning Religion section for 15 years and its columnist for 20. His freelance articles have appeared in Christianity Today, Religion News Service and Faith & Leadership magazine.

Museum School Wins $10 Million as a ‘Super School’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
The Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Public Museum School got a major funding boost and national recognition this week by winning a $10 million grant...

Outdoor Adventures Support Indoor Learning

Northview Charles Honey
Fifteen sixth-graders are gathered on a soccer field on a muggy afternoon. Their task is clear: to erect three camping tents, without instructions. Rich Youngberg,...

First Day in the Life 2016

Caledonia Charles Honey
Editor’s note: This year, a quartet of School News Network reporters fanned out across Kent ISD and paired with a single person experiencing his...

State Supe: ‘We Have to Invest in Education’

All Districts Charles Honey
State Superintendent Brian Whiston recently spoke with School News Network reporter Charles Honey about the Michigan Education Finance Study, which was released earlier this...

Blues Guitarist, Author, School Leader

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey
School: Kenowa Hills High School What and where was your previous job? Principal, Belding High School Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Lake Superior State University; Master...

Dual Roles for New School Head

Northview Charles Honey
School: West Oakview Elementary What and where was your previous job? I have served as the director of special services for the past 14 years...

This Bootcamp Strengthens College Chances

Godfrey-Lee Charles Honey
With his mother at home and his father back in Guatemala, Oliver Lorenzo is grateful he’ll be the first in his family to graduate...

City is Classroom for More Students

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Esteban Clark-Braendle was so excited about the opening of the newly expanded Grand Rapids Public Museum School, he filmed the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the...

20 Districts, Many Ways to Add Five More Days

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
How do you add five days to the school year without disrupting family schedules, while increasing student learning and not starting before Labor Day? Ask...

Past Top Teachers Advise, Encourage This Year’s Honoree

Forest Hills Charles Honey
Surrounded by a dozen exemplary teachers in the room, Michigan Teacher of the Year Tracy Horodyski paid close attention to the advice of one...

Summer Programs Push Participants to Think, Work Like Scientists

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Six students sat hunched on the floor, writing on a poster bearing photos of penguins they’d taken the previous day at John Ball Zoo....

High School Earns Coveted National Ranking

Rockford Charles Honey
Rockford High School recently was named by Newsweek as one of the best 500 high schools in the country, ranking No. 268 in the...

‘Their Views Have to be Heard’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
About six minutes into their sports radio talk show, Jakhari Carroll and Joseph Spicer get into their first debate of the day: whether Indianapolis...

Districts go Three-for-Three on Tax Requests

Byron Center Charles Honey
Voters' decisive approvals of tax renewal requests Tuesday will provide crucial ongoing support of day-to-day operations in two Kent ISD districts, as well as...

Welcoming Our Newest, Most Vulnerable Students, Families

Classrooms for All Charles Honey
Tula Khadka remembers what it was like all too well. Arriving in West Michigan from Nepal in 2013, he didn’t know much English or...

One Week in the Caribbean = Clean Water, a New School

Rockford Charles Honey
During a week in the Dominican Republic, McKenzie Rhoades visited a villager’s home that flowed with clean water thanks to an initiative by her...
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