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GRPS, City Come Together for Betterment of Students

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A historic agreement between Grand Rapids Public Schools and the City of Grand Rapids was signed with proclamations of celebration and hope for the...

Student ‘Musees’ Explore Exhibits, Venture into City to Learn

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Sirens are wailing as three score sixth-graders step out of the Van Andel Museum Center and into the heart of downtown Grand Rapids. The...

Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center Cuts Ribbon for New Media Room

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The $15,000 media room makeover for the Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center (GRCDC) is ready for use. The renovated space, revealed Monday, was chosen in...

Back to School Already? Get Ready!

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Among the thousands of parents and students who descended on John Ball Park recently were Alicia Allen and her daughter, Laticia. They came to...

From Baby Scholars to Early-college Learners, Successfest Celebrates Education

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It was called Successfest, and it sure felt that way to the mothers who took the stage with their preschool children. They were the most...

Neal: It’s Time to ‘Take This on Home’ for Grand Rapids Students

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Editor’s note: This is the second part of our interview with Teresa Weatherall Neal, superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools. Here, Neal looks ahead...

GRPS Superintendent Sees Vision of Greatness Coming into View

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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...