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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.

GRPS board selects Minnesota district administrator as next superintendent

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
The Grand Rapids Board of Education voted to hire Leadriane Roby as its next superintendent to lead the district into the future...

A brave pig and six Siberian huskies knit together a school community in a shared reading experience

Rockford Charles Honey
The Valley View Elementary community all read the same book aloud with their children, and topped it off with a visit from six Siberian huskies...

For hard-working student, Promise Zone scholarship ‘such a big relief’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Karla Lopez looks forward to graduating soon from Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy and attending GRCC at no cost...
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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey
'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

WMCAT students earn high honors in art competition

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Twenty-one GRPS students won 80 awards for photography and ceramics in the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards regional competition...

Dance power: helping girls ’empower themselves and be themselves’

Rockford Charles Honey
EmpowHER ½ Hour meets once a week during recess to let young girls feel their strength through the joy of dance...

GRPS board narrows list of superintendent candidates to three

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
The Grand Rapids Board of Education will meet Feb. 17 to interview three candidates as the next possible GRPS superintendent, after narrowing the field from five Monday night...

School board to interview five superintendent candidates

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
The Board of Education has chosen five candidates to interview in its search for the next superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools...

Band performs for fifth time at statewide music conference

Rockford Charles Honey
The Lowell Middle School eighth grade string orchestra and the Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra also performed...

Students restore greenhouse for healthy food, tranquil space

Rockford Charles Honey
Students from a new health and wellness class helped transform a long-neglected greenhouse into a place providing healthy food and quiet reflection...

‘A wonderful day’ for Grand Rapids: scholarship promise for students citywide

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
In addition to the Challenge Scholars scholarships available to Union High School graduates, students throughout Grand Rapids will be eligible for fully funded scholarships to Grand Rapids Community College thanks to the Grand Rapids Promise Zone development plan...

Challenge Scholars near the finish line

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Seniors Leslie Torres and Francisco McKnight are among the first class of Union High Challenge Scholars, assured of four-year college scholarships from the Grand Rapids Community Foundation...

Teaching history as history is happening

Rockstar Teachers Charles Honey
In Bill Crane’s 26 years of teaching U.S. history at Rockford High School, rarely has the subject been so immediately relevant to his students’ lives...

A creature to comfort students: ‘She brings me happiness’

Rockford Charles Honey
At North Rockford Middle School, a trained counseling assistance dog is helping students manage their stress, focus on their work and feel better about themselves...

He loves welding, building new things & fixing older things

Meet the Future Charles Honey
As a child he loved building things with Legos and wood, but as he got older he found working with metal to be even cooler...

Most districts allow phones, but with restrictions

Godwin Heights Charles Honey
An informal School News Network survey of public school districts in Kent County besides Forest Hills showed cell-phone use is generally not permitted in elementary schools, and only allowed under strictly defined conditions in middle and high schools...
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