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Charles Honey is editor-in-chief of SNN, and covers series and issues stories for all districts. 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. Honey 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. Read Charles' full bio

Personal Connections Make This Play a Huge Hit

Northview Charles Honey

More than 100 students watch, fascinated and without a sound, as a deaf and blind girl furiously wrestles on stage with her teacher. It is...

Hands on Hearts, Students Vow to Spread Kindness

Kent ISD Charles Honey

More than 50 high school students line up on one side of a school gym, ready to acknowledge the secret hurts of their lives. A...

Learning Takes Shape with Geometric Blocks

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Put a bunch of different-shaped wooden blocks in front of kids, and they’re bound to do goofy things with them. Second-grader Dylan Fischer, for...

Art and Chemistry Create Some Magic

Lowell Charles Honey

The late-autumn air is frigid, but inside the kiln it’s almost 2,000 degrees. Lowell High School students gather around the shiny metal cylinder as art...

This Time Last Year: Students Become Elves for a Day of Creating and Gifting

Rockford Charles Honey

Maddie the Christmas elf introduced 5-year-old Lillian Forman to Bobby the elf, then explained the approximate dimensions of Santa's gigantic sack of toys. "It's as...

SMART Boards Engage Early Learners at Sparta

Sparta Charles Honey

Who knew counting to 134 could be so interesting? Here’s how Sparta Area Schools first-grader Troy Jones does it: He uses his finger to pull...

Two Lowell Odyssey of the Mind Teams Win State Finals

Lowell Charles Honey

It doesn’t look nearly big enough to hold 400 pounds. After all, it’s just a little toothpick-scaffold-like structure made of balsa wood and glue....

Teacher Layoffs, Painful Cuts Result of Inadequate Funding

Sparta Charles Honey

As a longtime veteran of public schools, Kent Swinson remembers all too clearly earlier days of drastic school funding cuts. But he says he’s...

Northview Students Help KVO Dancers Prepare for Prom

Northview Charles Honey

Never mind that Willy is hearing impaired. He spun and twirled Northview High School junior Arianna Dixon stylishly to the tune of “In the...

Student Helps Launch Anti-bullying Initiative

Northview Charles Honey

Amber Rundell got tired of being bullied and watching classmates get bullied. Then she decided she had to act. The Northview High School junior told...

Early Learning Means Advantages for Children, Communities

Byron Center Charles Honey

The benefits of a quality early childhood education are many in terms of preparing students for later grades. According to Byron Center Early Childhood...

A Bit of France Welcomed by Northview Students

Northview Charles Honey

The hugs were nice, the hot dogs couldn’t be beat and the lack of a strict dress code was awesome. “We can wear what...

EGR Superintendent Says Lawmakers Operating on Misconceptions

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey

For Sara Shubel, the Michigan Legislature’s defunding of the Common Core Curriculum Standards is frustrating on two levels. As superintendent of East Grand Rapids Public...

Late Joiner Surprised to Land in National Finals

Lowell Charles Honey

When a friend suggested Ethan Sutton join a Lowell High School business club this year, he thought, “Why not? It should look good on...

Kenowa Students Thirsting to Serve Others

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Ask Jovonta Pimpleton how he feels about going to the Dominican Republic, and he’ll be straight with you: “I’m nervous.” He’s never been out of...

Students Help With Fundraiser for Arab and Muslim Women

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Students from a number of Kent County schools are pitching in to help fund a new shelter for West Michigan Arab and Muslim women. The...

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