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Kinetic Combo: Students Find Reading Cadence

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey

Clark VanDop was engrossed in a book about poisonous animals called “That’s Deadly.” But while his brain was soaking up information about creepy critters,...

Closing the Word Gap

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

When a home visitor from school told Jessie Kent that she could read books to her son Michael, she had her doubts. How could...

Schools Learn New Ways to Teach Reading

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Collaboration is the way forward, say leaders of West Michigan's Reading Now Network. Teachers teaching other teachers, more staff with reading expertise, and learning...

Book Speed-Dating: Finding the Perfect Read

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Byron Center High School sophomore Lexi Hess may have found her perfect match. She plucked the book, The Star Won't Go Out, by Esther Grace...

The Rhythm of the Words

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary Schools students walked, tiptoed and froze on cue to classical music during a half-hour singsong session filled with music exercises based...

Students Read What They Love, Develop Literacy Skills

Byron Center Erin Albanese

West Middle School eighth-grade students Anja Whitehouse and Katie Townley are definitely what you would call "readers." They finish one book to start another,...

Summer Learning Can Mean Big Fun

All Districts Erin Albanese

Educators across Kent County are making efforts to curb summer-learning loss, the tendency for students to lose ground on what they've learned during the...

Teacher Hosts Weekly Library Days to Keep Students Reading This Summer

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary School teacher Ginger VanderBeek scanned the shelves in the children's section at the Wyoming branch of Kent District Library for books...

Regional Media Center a Treasure Chest of Teaching Tools

Kent ISD Linda Odette

For rent: The sky. Cost: $50. Assembly required. This "sky" is inside the StarLab, a portable planetarium that looks like a big, gray, glob of...

Dyslexia Causes Struggles for Students, but They Can Still Excel

All Districts Adrian Hirsch

What do Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison and approximately 20 percent of students have in common? They have been forced to approach learning...

When Words Don’t Make Sense, Magic Pens Can Help

All Districts Charles Honey

Jenny Green feels she can do well in her English classes – as long as she gets a little help with the reading part. “When...

Want to Boost Reading Comprehension? Make it a Contest

The Road to Reading Linda Odette

Sure, students can read a bunch of books to get principals to shave their heads, kiss a pig, eat insects and jump out of...

Students Collect Books for Inmates to Promote Literacy

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee Middle School students are helping local prison inmates turn the page to a better life -- literally. The Godfrey-Lee Public Schools eighth-grade students recently...

Superintendent: ‘This is a Revolution. We Will be ‘The Region That Reads’

Kent City Erin Albanese

West Michigan teachers and administrators recently heard the five common practices that lead to success in reading, and many are ready to implement those...

Read Any Good Books Lately? These Students Have

Northview Charles Honey

So you think today’s teenagers aren’t into reading? Talk to Bill Foster. He loves books – real books, made of paper and ink –...

Ruff Reader Dogs Bolster Student Confidence

Kent ISD School News Network

Mollie gently sidles up to Wyoming Public School's West Elementary third-grader Riley Doggett, who's sitting on a comfy beanbag cushion. Riley starts to read out...

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