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KCTC and KTC Core students roll up their sleeves to help reduce water runoff at Kent ISD

Empowering Abilities Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The water from the Kent ISD area feeds into the Lamberton Creek watershed. The plants will aid in reducing the amount added to the creek...

At-home learners stay connected through a new resource

Empowering Abilities Janice Holst

In late October, Kent City Elementary opened a designated room to give families who have chosen virtual education extra resources and support...

Students find a quiet place to chill out: the hygge room

Rockford Charles Honey

A calming “hygge room” has become a popular part of Roguewood Elementary’s mental-health supports for students during the pandemic...

Districts hit with enrollment losses amid pandemic

All Districts Charles Honey

While a few Kent County districts gained students on the annual fall count day, most saw enrollment drops ranging from a few dozen to 100- and 200-plus students...

Foundation funds math curriculum, mental health coordinator

Caledonia Alexis Stark

The Caledonia Education Foundation recently awarded the district a $75,000 grant to pay for a new math curriculum and to free up dollars to add a new position to serve students’ mental, social and emotional health needs...

‘We are here to help’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The tri-colored posters along the walls of the Kent Career Tech Center offer a simple reminder to students who walk the facility’s halls: 'We are here to help'...

Helping students struggling with isolation-induced anxiety and other mental health issues

School 2.0 Charles Honey

Now that they can’t meet with students behind a closed door in their office, school mental health workers are finding other ways to help...

Supporting healthy relationships as ‘the root of all learning’

Caledonia Hannah Lentz

Vickie Swanson has had many roles in her two years with Caledonia Schools, all aimed at the goal of addressing mental health across the district...

‘All of their stories come together’

Places of Refuge Erin Albanese

In a school district that is home to many not born in the U.S., seventh graders dive deep into learning about and welcoming newcomers from all over the world...

Legislators, superintendents, students talk top issues in Michigan Schools

Issues in Education Erin Albanese

One lawmaker said it’s important for them to understand 'what it means on the ground and in real life for our educators'...

On being an empathetic ear

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema

Ben Sorota read a School News Network article about a group at another school, which led him to start a group of his own...

Michigan’s New ‘Read by Grade 3’ Law: A Guide for Parents

All Districts Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD

Parents helping their younger children transition into the regular routine of daily school attendance will find a new focus on reading as their schools and their teachers prepare students for Michigan’s new law requiring demonstrated reading competency to move from the third to fourth grade...

Engagement: The Most Important Measure of Student Success

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

Polls find that students’ engagement in their school work declines as they ascend the grades. Tests that don’t relate to their real-life experiences exacerbate the problem...

Onsite clinicians expand mental health services at middle schools

Youth Mental Health Erin Albanese

Principals and nurses are reporting that students are talking about more anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and stressful situations at home...

Michigan’s New ‘Read by Grade 3’ Law: A Guide for Parents

All Districts Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD

Kent ISD focused on improving outcomes for center-based special education students

Empowering Abilities James Harger

Now that Kent ISD has completed its takeover of nine center-based special education programs, Director Paul Dymowski says it’s time to focus on improving outcomes for the nearly 1,400 students enrolled in the programs...

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