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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

GRPS superintendent continues Transformation Plan listening tour

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal will meet with parents, students, community members and school staff this week to get feedback on the GRPS Transformation Plan

‘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

Students reflect on play where a young Gerald Ford and black teammate tackle a racist policy

Grand Rapids Dianne Carroll Burdick
Related Black History Month stories Underground railroad module turns fourth-graders into historians Technology turns biography reports into multimedia efforts The documentary, "Black and Blue: The Story of...

She supports school with business partners, great food

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Rachel Lee encourages other neighborhood parents to check out the school, and helps in the classroom and on the playground, all while running her own restaurant, Citizen

Teachers Tell Their Stories, to Help Other Teachers

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
"What inspires you to come to school every day and teach children?" interviewer Rosie del Valle asked Gladiola Elementary intervention math coach Kristi Baumbach. Baumbach,...

Local students push for change in wake of Florida school shooting

Multi Districts Charles Honey
Students at City High/Middle School are joining the ranks of a national student-led movement to make their schools safer, stepping up where adults have failed to act

‘We’re Living His Dream’

Godfrey-Lee Jaye Beeler
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the...

Stop, Look and Here’s Some Love

Grand Rapids Tom Rademacher
When Kattie Eason first stepped onto a Wealthy Street SE corner to serve as a school crossing guard at Henry Elementary School – now Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy -- she was 21 years old.

Finding the Right Fit

Caledonia Janice Holst
How do you turn a would-be class clown into a productive student? How do you motivate a fifth-grader who just doesn't fit in or...

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...

A New Vision for a Historic School

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Since its founding in the 1920s in the neighborhood bearing its name, Ottawa Hills High School has educated plenty of distinguished students. They include...

Community’s Gift: A Book for Every First-Grader

Grand Rapids Jaye Beeler
At the Congress Elementary School library, volunteer reader Alexis Rangel of Lake Michigan Credit Union delved into the magic of Caldecott Medalist's Dan Santat...

Wyoming Bond Funds Mean Major High School Upgrade

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Voters paved the the way Tuesday for major renovations and districtwide upgrades by decisively approving a $79.5 million bond. Work will begin as soon...

District Depending on Tax Renewal to Maintain Momentum

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
Nearly one-third of the school district’s state-funded operating dollars will be on the line when voters consider a non-homestead property tax renewal next Tuesday,...

Want to Help Puerto Rico? Here’s One Way

Featured Briefs Charles Honey
The City of Grand Rapids is teaming up with the school district to provide aid to the people of Puerto Rico, who face a...
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