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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.

Lowell Teacher Honored for Contributions to Math Education

Lowell Charles Honey
A Lowell Middle School teacher who uses journaling and project-based learning to help students see the usefulness of math was recently honored for her...

‘I Want to Make a Difference’

Classrooms for All Charles Honey
Gregoria Nava drives down a narrow lane through an apple orchard to a small cluster of migrant worker cabins. She’s come here on a...

Building a Team with Heart

Rockford Charles Honey
In his more than 30 years as a principal, teacher and coach, Robert Siegel Jr. has had more than a few chances to exercise...

Retirees Agree: New Northview High School is a Stunner

Northview Charles Honey
Donna Host walked into the new Northview High School swimming pool area and gaped. “Holy cow, look at this!” Host exclaimed. “This is amazing!” The...

Teachers Challenged to Question Assumptions about Students in Poverty

Kent ISD Charles Honey
When Paul C. Gorski wants to illustrate stereotypes about poor people, he looks no further than his own grandmother. Though she grew up poor in...

Schools Feed Students’ Tummies and Minds over the Summer

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Carmen Grant eagerly read aloud a Mother Goose story about a little boy who looks after the sheep, while Debby Brown held the book...

Students Remember Scott Hazel, Beloved Teacher and Man of Faith

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Whether it was art or the history of war, you could count on a class taught by Scott Hazel to be fun and challenging....

Retirees Start New Life but Miss Their School Family

Rockford Charles Honey
Phyllis King was feeling pretty blue about retiring from Valley View Elementary School after teaching there for 34 ½ years. So when summer came...

Teacher Sets Lessons on Fire

Northview Charles Honey
Brian Bollone stood behind a lab table and prepared to teach science with the aid of a fireball. Needless to say, he loves his work. Funneling...

Spanish Immersion Students Engage Literature with Mexican Author

Rockford Charles Honey
Students from Rockford traversed time, space and cultures in a fruitful partnership with Grand Valley State University students and a Mexican author. A yearlong collaboration...

Painting Colorful Mural Helps Keep School Green

Rockford Charles Honey
Lexie Allshouse carefully colored a blue-and-pink butterfly. Chase Climczak daubed in green grass around a flower. Madelyn Good painted a delicately patterned border. Put their...

Club Gives ‘Zinser BoyZ’ a Barrier against Bullying

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey
The moment Officer Gil "Butch" Redzinski walked in the classroom, a boy came up and gave him a hug. Other boys called out, "Hey,...

With Song and Support, Students Connect with Ugandan Orphans

Lowell Charles Honey
It's one thing to send money to an orphan halfway around the world.  It's quite another to talk to him face-to-face, some Lowell third-graders...

Superintendent Finds Kindergartener’s Red Shoes a Perfect Fit

Northview Charles Honey
When Travis VanSetters popped out of his mother's van recently at North Oakview Elementary School, Superintendent Mike Paskewicz immediately noticed something different about his...

Determination over Depression: Future Trooper Found New Home and Career Calling

Grads with Grit Charles Honey
Editor’s note: This is the last of our “Grads with Grit” series about students who have overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this...

Good Math Skills a Must for Good Jobs, Employers Say

Kent ISD Charles Honey
Editor's note: Making Math Add Up is a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...
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