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Charles Honey is and editor, helping 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.

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...

‘Wet and Dirty but a Lot of Fun’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Strollers and bicyclists ambling through Ken-O-Sha Park this summer may notice some plants sticking up from a field behind a nearby school. Those would...

Career Day Aims to ‘Light a Fire’ for School and Beyond

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Newspapers may be having a tough time surviving, but a lot of the district’s middle school students are into journalism. Nearly 100 of them showed...

‘A Better Life, a Safe Life, a Good Future’

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

In a swirling sea of students in red and white caps and gowns who were hugging family members and being photographed, Abdulhadi Aljazaeri stood...

‘I Hope They Feel That I Love Them’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Libby Metiva’s seventh-graders were spread out in her classroom and the adjoining hallway, working in small groups on the answer to a science experiment:...

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