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GRPS Superintendent Sees Vision of Greatness Coming into View

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Editor’s note: As the 2014-15 school year is about to conclude, School News Network invited Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal to reflect on the state...

Too Many Student Leaders? No Such Thing, Say GRPS Officials

Grand Rapids School News Network

When Grand Rapids Public Schools officials went looking this year for two student representatives to serve on its Board of Education, they found students...

Grand Rapids Gets Behind Getting Students to School

Grand Rapids School News Network

Antonio Zavala is the kind of student Grand Rapids Public Schools has been cultivating recently: the kind who comes to school every day, on...

With Love and High Expectations, Top Teachers Nurture Good Students

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

The boy was not having a good day. A new student in Vicki Boase’s second-grade classroom, Ja’Quon sat scowling in his seat while other...

iPads Help Individualize Lessons, Lead to ‘Higher Level Thinking’

Grand Rapids School News Network

Mario Suarez says he learns better when using an iPad in his special education classroom at Harrison Park School. The 8-year-old second-grader is among a...

Ford Students Review Rare Documents While Researching School Namesake

Grand Rapids School News Network

Thirteen-year-olds Delmy Rivera and Raquel Santos along with their classmates at Gerald R. Ford Academic Center have spent part of their school year researching...

Winning Submissions from Annual MLK Essay Contest

Grand Rapids Adrian Hirsch

A record 327 essays were entered for the 10th annual Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest earlier this year....

My Hero, My Friend

Grand Rapids Student Showcase School News Network

Winners of the 2015 MLK Essay Contest A record 327 essays were entered for the 10th annual Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Martin Luther King...

What Can You Do to Accomplish a Dream?

Grand Rapids Student Showcase School News Network

We all have a dream no matter where we live or who we are. Everybody DREAMS! Some people have selfish dreams like to win...

My Super Heroes

Grand Rapids Student Showcase School News Network

Heroes and role models use their gifts to help make the world a better place. They put the needs of others in front of...

GRPS will ask voters to approve $175 million bond issue in November

Grand Rapids School News Network

Voters in the Grand Rapids Public Schools will be asked in November to approve a $175 million bond issue for building construction, technology improvements...

Parent University Building Stronger Families

Grand Rapids School News Network

With a seven-year-old son diagnosed with autism, Grand Rapids Public Schools parent Deanna Wilson has some special challenges. She'd been educated by doctors and counselors...

Challenge Scholars Helps Reinvigorate West Side

Grand Rapids School News Network

There's a lot of positive energy emanating from Grand Rapids' West Side and many say at least some of it is because of the...

Reading, Writing and ‘Rithmetic? How About Manufacturing, Marketing & Sales?

Grand Rapids School News Network

It may be a little unusual that a 17-year-old is already the CEO of a company but the venture headed by Rolando Garcia is...

Parents Promote GRPS in New Campaign

Grand Rapids School News Network

Steve and Nora Faber want their kids’ education to be something special so they chose the dual English Spanish Immersion program at Southwest Community...