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Necessity, Not Luxury

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Art teacher Amber Warren sees the difference in students who have had experience in art and those who haven't. The latter have little faith...

From Construction Class to Happy Homeowners

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Talk about being invested in your students' work. After students spent last school year building a house through the East Kentwood High School residential construction...

Students Get the Lowdown on High-Tech Jobs

Career Exploration Charles Honey

Remington Switzer has been “messing with computers” for most of his life, loves gaming and is interested in a career in programming. But visiting...

Profiting from Basic Math

Making Math Add Up Erin Albanese

Though some may think it's crummy, 10th-graders Madalyn Austin and Rebekah Hoyle said The Snacky Sleeper is the perfect lazy-evening, popcorn-munching luxury: a "comfortable,...

Interviewing 101 Helps Students Hone Skills

Career Exploration Charles Honey

Had it been a real job interview, Katlyn Siddall might well have been hired. In a practice interview in the high school library, Katlyn told...

Pounding, Assembling, Constructing a Possible Future

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

When it comes to starting early in career exploration, Kentwood elementary students are hitting the nail on the head – literally. During a science, technology,...

Giving Voice to Children

Grand Rapids Linda Odette

Most elementary students have never attended an opera. Coit Creative Arts Academy fourth- and fifth-grade students have created, produced and performed one. The project, done...

The Play’s the Thing; So’s the Writing

Northview Charles Honey

A lengthy short story from the mind of Eliot King comes to life onstage in a powerful pantomime by Marissa Schutter and Donovan Fletcher....

Art Walk Homage to Award-winning Artists

Grandville Jaye Beeler

At Century Park Learning Center, a riot of color swirling like a Chihuly tangle of glass sprouted all over the school. The inspiration for...

When Monsters Call and Teachers Read, Students Listen

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

The shared love of a book was on display in English teacher Shantel VanderGalien's eighth-grade honors class as she read aloud from "A Monster...

Reading Well Predicts Student Success

Sparta Janice Holst

Ten-year-old Erika Bradford knows how important it is to find ways to make reading easier. "I think the reason kids don't like any subject is...

Girls ‘Inspired to do More’ at Tech Camp

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Eighth-grader Hien-Tran Bui entered coding commands for her website focused on tips for putting on makeup. She had just learned the basics of site-building...

Classroom energy + student enthusiasm = math success

Making Math Add Up Janice Holst

Four years ago, Cedar View fifth grade teachers Jennifer Kahler and Erin Cairy switched the traditional teaching style of explaining math concepts and helping...

Wanted: More Than a Few Work-ready Graduates

Career Exploration Erin Albanese

Let's talk about a glaring example of the disconnect between the workforce and the pipeline of students who will soon enter it. Last spring, Kent...

Low Test Scores & Low Income Linked; Staff Seek to Help

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

At Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, the Kent County district with the lowest family income, the correlation between M-STEP scores and poverty is stark. More than...

‘Reading with a Purpose’ Helps Students Learn

The Road to Reading Charles Honey

Rebecca Ophoff’s 25 fourth-graders are following along an article at their desks as she asks them what kind of writing it is. “What makes it...

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