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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.

Dad’s Wrench Lesson Becomes Student’s Passion

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

When Trinton Stanek was a youngboy, his father showed him how to take a tire off his 1972 pickup, then handed him a lug...

Google Rep, Teachers, Students, Demonstrate Technology Transforming Education

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

One class did an online math quiz on a site called BrainPOP. Another wrote down decimal equations from a video lesson pre-recorded by their...

After 23-vote Loss, Kenowa Hills Board to Ask Again

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

After seeing a $55.24 million bond request defeated by just 23 votes on Nov. 3, the Kenowa Hills Board of Education will ask again...

Mom Is ‘Determined to Do It’

Rockford Charles Honey

When Danielle Warner-Cavasos gets an A on a test, she puts it right where her children will see it: on the fridge. That's how much...

How Does Your Garden Grow? By Cultivating Partners

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Put a bunch of third-graders in a garden and the subject of spiders is bound to come up. The crawly creatures were a hot topic...

Showing Respect for Community’s Veterans

Forest Hills Charles Honey

School districts across Kent ISD marked Veterans Day in ways big and small on Wednesday. Here’s a sample of how a few schools honored...

Gov. Praises Tech Center Programs, Encourages Students

Kent ISD Charles Honey

To make a device to help a girl with cerebral palsy open her locker was cool enough. To be able to demonstrate it to...

Souls Taken by the Lake Remembered in Word and Song

Northview Charles Honey

Michaella Barton didn’t know much about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald before she joined the cast of “Ten November,” a musical dramatization of...

School Votes Push Three Districts Forward, One Back

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Following Tuesday’s votes on tax requests for four Kent ISD school districts, three superintendents were smiling. The fourth was choking back tears. Voters approved multi-million-dollar...

Walking, Kicking and Dancing Their Way to $13,500

Northview Charles Honey

They came, they walked, they kicked soccer balls and they raised $13,500. The students of East Oakview Elementary School, as well as hardy high school...

Four Districts Ask Voters for Help Nov. 3

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Four Kent County school districts will ask voters for financial support on the election ballot next Tuesday, Nov. 3. The tax requests would pay...

GRPS Bond Would Improve Buildings, Security and Technology

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Yesenia Bernal spent eight weeks last summer researching the herpes simplex virus at the Van Andel Institute biomedical research firm. The senior at Innovation...

Kenowa Leaders Hope Second Time the Charm for Bond

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Craig Taetsch knocked on a lot of doors last spring, hoping to persuade voters to approve a $78.6 million bond request for Kenowa Hills...

New State Schools Chief Aims to Put Michigan in Top Tier

Issues in Education Charles Honey

If Michigan is to become a top 10 education state within 10 years, its students need to spend less time taking tests and more...

Library or Classroom? How About Both?

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

About 30 fifth-graders spread out on the carpet, Chromebooks on their laps and facing a Google Docs page projected on a screen. They’re in...

‘Go Save a Life’

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Two Kenowa Hills graduates have been honored with college scholarships to help them pursue careers in public service, in memory of a student whose...

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