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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.

Walk-a-Thon Raises Funds for Cedar Springs Elementary PTO

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

More than 2,000 students, staff and volunteer circled the track at Red Hawk Football Stadium to raise more than $24,000 for the Cedar Springs...

Superintendent Runs for GRCC Board

Northview Charles Honey

When Mike Paskewicz’s daughter, Jade, was a senior at Lee High School, the class adviser asked him and his wife, Ruth, if they would...

Educators Aim to Edify Students with New Data-Driven Program

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Students Josh Bolter and Julia Vu were about to tackle an ecology project in their biology class at Kent Innovation High. Before they got...

Teens Encourage Peers to Open Up

Rockford Charles Honey

Brittany Hayes and Mackenzie Vallad started their high school careers with more than the usual adolescent angst. By halfway through ninth grade, both were...

From Road Patrol to Hallways: Officer Bolsters School Security

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

When Deputy Tim Erhardt was patrolling roads for the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, he responded one weekend to four fatal car crashes. Three of...

New Cedar Schools Chief: ‘It’s All About the Kids’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

During the second week of school in her first year as superintendent of Cedar Springs Public Schools, Laura VanDuyn got a call no school...

Students Fashion Recycled Plastic into ArtPrize Entry

Northview Charles Honey

Lilly Misner circled around a cascade of about 400 colorful decorations, looking for just the one she had created. “Where’s mine?” the Northview third-grader wondered...

Fallen Local Heroes Honored at Homecoming Game

Lowell Charles Honey

Lowell High School teacher Cari Slot wiped away tears after watching a video of her late brother-in-law, Trevor Parker Slot, on the Lowell football...

Math, Fun? With Creative Teaching and Baseball, Anything’s Possible

At Recess Charles Honey

Editor's Note: At Recess is an occasional humor column that takes a lighter look at schools and education. Funny things sometimes happen when you work...

If the Shoe Fits, Someone Designed It

Northview Charles Honey

A roomful of art students had a problem to solve: How to design a shoe for a working woman that would be stable, stylish...

International Students Bring the World to School

Rockford Charles Honey

When more than two dozen international students came to a recent Rockford Board of Education meeting, the room took on the feel of a...

Coach Honored for Molding Winners on Field and Off

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Make no mistake: Coach Gus Kapolka loves to win. And his Cedar Springs High School football team is quite good at it, going 3-1...

Student’s Death Cautions Classmates against Distracted Driving

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Jim Freybler hushed an auditorium full of teenagers, then told them that texting a few words on a cell phone was all it took...

Students & Community Help Kids with Cancer

Northview Charles Honey

When it came time to say that his son had cancer, teacher Kevin Bustrum couldn’t quite get the words out. He had to choke...

Pink Arrows Provide Strength, Hope for Those with Cancer

Lowell Charles Honey

Shelby Offrink wheeled her way toward an ocean of pink, pushed along in her wheelchair by her husband, Ben, younger daughter Hazel on her...

Donated Football Turf Now Covers Haitian Orphans’ Playground

Northview Charles Honey

A bad storm that wrecked a high school football field turned out to be a blessing for an orphanage in Haiti. Artificial turf that formerly...

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