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Trip to March for Our Lives in D.C. motivates students to ‘make the change’ for safer schools and society

All Districts Charles Honey

City High School’s Caleb Hekman was one of a group of 42 local students who went to the national March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.

Students march for their lives: ‘If others aren’t going to do it, I think we should’

All Districts Erin Albanese

Six teenage organizers from Forest Hills and Grand Rapids led a crowd of thousands in the March for Our Lives at Rosa Parks Circle

Champion spellers compete Tuesday at The Bee

All Districts Allison Kaufman

Winners from school spelling bees across West Michigan will gather Tuesday, March 27 at 6:30 pm in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum for...

A student’s perspective on March for Our Lives: ‘I helped make that happen’

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Northview High School junior Morgan King shares her perspective on the March for Our Lives and the student movement to make schools safer

‘They’re right. We are just a bunch of kids. But we’ve also been the victims… And that’s not OK’

All Districts Charles Honey

Students at City High/Middle School joined others demonstrating across America Wednesday, a month after the massacre that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida

Teachers help teachers take it to the next level at Van Andel Education Institute

All Districts Erin Albanese

Mastermind is a group of West Michigan teachers, principals, social workers and other educators who have met monthly at Van Andel Education Institute this school year, working together to overcome challenges common to many of them

Local educators on school shootings: ‘Arming teachers is not the answer’

All Districts Erin Albanese

Kent County teachers and principals agree more must be done to stop mass school shootings, but say arming teachers is not the answer. More resources for mental health counselors and stricter firearms requirements are needed to keep students safe, they say

Can teachers be trained to handle guns in crisis? Not likely, police vets say

All Districts Charles Honey

Former Grand Rapids Police Sgt. Larry Johnson knows the lightning-quick thinking and split-second actions required to handle an active-shooter situation

Superintendents Respond to Yet Another Mass Shooting

All Districts Charles Honey

In the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in a Florida high school, School News Network asked local superintendents what their schools have done to protect against the possibility of a mass shooting; and what else needs to be done to reduce the incidence of such horrific violence

Who Swiped the iPad? Let’s Use Science to Find Out

All Districts Linda Odette

Finding out who left peanut butter residue on an iPad: This is science? Yes it is, STEM-style, at an educational event for middle schoolers

Reading Law Adds Urgency to Literacy Summit

All Districts Jaye Beeler

As a National Public Radio education correspondent, Claudio Sanchez is used to asking the thorny questions and then questioning the answers. He spied an...

Thinking by Design, Solving Problems and Having Fun

All Districts Linda Odette

Want to know how to prevent accidents in the winter on major highways? Getting refugees without transportation to the Refugee Education Center in Kentwood?...

Statewide Study Shows True Cost of Educating a Child

All Districts Erin Albanese

What’s the actual annual baseline cost of educating a student to proficiency in Michigan? At minimum, nearly $2,000 more than we’re spending now, according...

Librarians Ready to Share ‘Joy of Reading’

All Districts Jaye Beeler

Chelsea McCoy dives headfirst into imagination: wildly, enthusiastically, getting right on the floor with youngsters. It’s clear she wants to help them cultivate a...

Districts Scramble to Find Bus Drivers

All Districts Erin Albanese

Area schools are experiencing the nationwide shortage of bus drivers, putting transportation departments in a pinch to get students on the bus in the morning and back home after the final bell at a reasonable time.

Test-Driven Curriculum: Meet the 6Cs

All Districts Erin Albanese

The messages of Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, co-author of the book “Becoming Brilliant,” and Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future, merge two ideas: Schools need to...

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