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GRPS Forges Partnerships with Neighborhood Associations

Grand Rapids School News Network

When Principal Bridget Cheney looks at Congress Elementary School she sees a vibrant community following on the heals of the decade-long revitalization happening in...

New Vision for Downtown Grand Rapids, GRPS

Grand Rapids School News Network

Grand Rapids residents in the coming years may see Innovation Central High School much the same way as it appeared when it was first...

Parents Applaud New C. A. Frost Leader

Grand Rapids School News Network

When Greg Ramey took over as principal of C.A. Frost Environmental Science Academy in Nov. 2013, he asked his staff to think back to...

Student Numbers Show Transformation Plan is Working, Leaders Say

Grand Rapids School News Network

The news that Grand Rapids Public Schools lost far fewer students than projected is evidence that Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal’s Transformation Plan is working,...

Sinking Funds Could Save Taxpayers Money

Grand Rapids School News Network

As Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal prepares to ask her board in November for another revenue source, she’ll be keeping an...

Museum Becomes a Classroom

Grand Rapids School News Network

If the Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Museum School is anything like the week she spent with students at the Grand Rapids Public Museum last...

India Stewart Dunning: Survivor and Scholar

Forest Hills Tom Rademacher

Her clothes are arranged by color.Like Pippi Longstocking, she sleeps upside down, with her head at the footboard and her feet at the headboard. Ever...

Teacher Looks to Bring Metal Slides Back to Playground

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Grand Rapids Public Schools moved its Oral Deaf Program from Shawnee Park Elementary School to Ken O Sha Elementary last year, one thing...

College-Going Culture, Scholarships, Creating Pathways for West Side Students

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

When Gwen Heatley first started working as the career and college pathways coordinator at Harrison Park Elementary/Middle School in fall of 2011, she held...

Designing a New Future, One App at a Time

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Problem: Young people find downtown Grand Rapids boring and expensive. Solution: a smart-phone app that turns its stores and cultural attractions into a game...

Year-round School Calendars May Not Suit All Districts, Administrators Say

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Michigan students have gotten used to clearing out lockers during the first week of June with a long summer stretching lazily ahead. A post-Labor...

Junior ROTC Alive and Well at Innovation Central

Grand Rapids School News Network

Innovation Central High School is known for its Center of Innovation programs, but a new program, The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program,...

GRPS Students Stand Up as Student Leaders, Protest Bullying

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Union High School senior Angel Barreto-Cruz isn’t afraid to speak up for a cause. Chosen to represent a leadership group including 11 of his peers,...