To celebrate our 10th anniversary, your School News Network team is re-publishing some early stories from each school district. This story, originally published in October 2015, explores the concept and practical applications of “whole brain teaching” in a Grandville kindergarten class.
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, your School News Network team is re-publishing some early stories from each school district. This story, originally published in December 2013, explores how Thornapple Kellogg Public Schools built 'Big' and 'Little' relationships to spur academic success.
Information about health needs gathered from county residents will narrow focus for health department, hospitals, and organizations for the next three years
Riley Kelley is a reporter covering Cedar Springs, Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids and Sparta school districts. An award-winning journalist, Riley spent eight years with the Ludington Daily News, reporting, copy editing, paginating and acting as editor for its weekly entertainment section. He also contributed to LDN’s sister publications, Oceana’s Herald-Journal and the White Lake Beacon. His reporting on issues in education and government has earned accolades from the Michigan Press Association and Michigan Associated Press Media Editors.
Juniors and seniors in the workshop will work in teams to create compelling solutions — whether a product, service, or business model — to solve ‘wicked problems’ facing the West Michigan region...
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A Van Andel Institute staffer is ‘electrified’ seeing students immersed in project-based learning. It’s already taken hold in many area public schools...
A Grandville High School graduate’s project to save salamanders in the U.P. offers a model for “big-picture” education, a Van Andel Institute for Education editor says...