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Academy aims to groom future teachers for GRPS

Grand Rapids Charles Honey
A partnership between Grand Rapids Public Schools and Ferris State University, the Academy of Teaching and Learning aims to motivate students to go into teaching...

Walking through the ‘door of opportunity’

Classrooms for All Hannah Lentz
Wyoming high school students Mounahinde (Terry) Almame and Rohim Mohammed visited Lisa Monroe and Jodi VanDam’s fifth-grade class to talk about their experiences as refugees...

From making meals to selling Christmas cards, students learn job skills

All Districts Gregory Chandler
Now in its 15th year, Region 1 Transition Services provides continuing education opportunities for adults, ages 18-26, with special needs in northern Kent County. The program’s goal is to help students gain employment, become involved in their local communities and lead independent lives...

Two classes, two ways to learn about refugees

Classrooms for All Morgan Jarema
Students at Cherry Creek Elementary and Lowell Middle School are giving thought to what it means to have to leave home and make a new one, thousands of miles away...

Walkathon delivers peer connections, outside experiences

Empowering Abilities Bridie Bereza
Last year’s event raised $2,100, which paid for a monthly student experience at Pine Grove, ranging from a mobile zoo exhibit to the antics of local author and puppeteer Kevin Kammeraad...

Understanding what the fuss is all about: A primer on the M-STEP

All Districts Sunil Joy, research data analyst for Kent ISD
The new school year coincides with the release of the last school year’s state assessment data (2017-18) — the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)...

Leaders begin transition of center programs from GRPS to Kent ISD

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
The Grand Rapids school board voted to discontinue operating special education center programs on behalf of all 20 Kent ISD school districts, effectively turning them over to the intermediate district as of July 2019...

Dear Secretary DeVos: don’t overlook needs of the whole student

Issues in Education School News Network
In a time of dramatic change and challenge in public schools, teachers increasingly have made their voices heard regarding policies of the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos...

Giving back as others gave to them

Student Leaders Erin Albanese
Three sisters, refugees from Rwanda, devote their Monday evenings to volunteering at the Learning Café, an education center in Grand Rapids that serves refugee children...

Students help refugee peers adjust to life, schools in the U.S.

Multi Districts Morgan Jarema
Students from a handful of area high schools are making an impact at two West Michigan organizations tasked with helping refugee students and their families succeed...

Michigan Teacher of the Year tells DeVos his concerns about school choice

All Districts Erin Albanese
East Kentwood’s Luke Wilcox and other State Teachers of the Year had the opportunity to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and shared their concerns about her policies on vouchers and charters...

Lessons in how to handle grief take center stage at this elementary school

Cedar Springs Janice Holst
Staff at Cedar View Elementary find ways to help students understand and deal with grief...

School safety supervisor: putting out fires and building relationships

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese
As safety supervisor, Jeff Wainwright believes building relationships, along with securing doors and scanning cameras, creates the strongest sense of security for students...

Officer looks out for students’ safety, shares life skills, lends a caring ear

Erin Albanese
Officer Todd Summerhays’ main role is to ensure safety by securing buildings, monitoring surveillance videos and responding quickly and appropriately to anything amiss...

Let’s review center-based special education programs, say superintendents

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
A study will bring in an outside consultant to evaluate whether GRPS center-based programs are providing best practices compared with other districts in Michigan and beyond...

At these schools, students’ hearts and minds are both nurtured

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Endeavor and Challenger elementary schools are both recipients of the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools Award
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