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Taking on a Tough Topic: Severe Stress in Students

Kent ISD School News Network
So many things in life can cause stress, including for teens and young people. School News Network reporter Charles Honey sees this first-hand. He...

“Am I in America, Really?” Refugee Students Leave Terror Behind, Look to Future

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Gloria Tungabose's eyes flash as she tells of her father, killed in Burundi. Her mother's ethnicity was Tutsi and her father's was Hutu, and...

Student Braves ‘Train of Death’ to Come to U.S., Go to School

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Kenia's story of her journey to the U.S. comes through the fuzzy lens of a child's memory. She's uncertain how long she traveled or...

Talking About Sexuality Is Rarely Easy

Empowering Abilities Linda Odette
There is a huge gap in what students with special needs know about human sexuality and what to do if they face a related...

Disable the Label

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema
Josh Vandyk has been called names by his peers. "Monster" is one that particularly hurt, he said. There have been others. And he's heard...

A New Kind of First Aid – for Student Mental Health

All Districts Erin Albanese
If a child has green snot coming from his nose, he might be taken to a doctor, right? asked Karyll Russell, Sparta Middle School...

Teaching About Religions to Foster Understanding, Respect

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
As students walked into Craig Beach’s darkened classroom on a recent morning, they heard the song “Wild World” by the former Cat Stevens, now...

Muslim Teacher Hopes to Plant ‘Seed of Understanding’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
The Monday after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Sairah Ahmed went to teach her history classes at Cedar Springs High School with a heavy...

Community Members Sample New Standardized Tests

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
Parents, CEOs, journalists and community members stepped into the shoes of Michigan students recently taking a practice portion online of the new M-STEP assessment...

Student Group Explores Latest Assistive Technology

Empowering Abilities Morgan Jarema
Tony Bonofiglo was trying to be as helpful as possible to the woman sitting across from him. She was wearing a blue plastic band...

‘Everyone Struggles with Something’

Rockford Charles Honey
When it was bad, it was really bad, Jared Walejewski said. “I was so lonely,” the Rockford High School senior recalled of his depression as...

Responding to the Mean Girl

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
Parent Sophia Gork played the "mean girl" to Marcia McEvoy during a Kelloggsville Public Schools workshop on helping students get along at school. "Loser," Gork...

Student with Autism Hits Milestones Thanks to Teachers, Students

Caledonia Linda Odette
Connor Zondervan is pretty much like every other senior at Caledonia High School. He takes classes, is getting ready to graduate, and figuring out...

Helping Parents Build Brighter Futures through Home Visits, Play

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese
Three busy boys play at Van Cung and Nzun Chin's house, pushing around trucks and bouncing on the couch.  Staci Zuspann, Bright Beginnings parent educator,...

High Schoolers’ Work with Kindergartners Yields ‘Remarkable Results’

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
More than a dozen teenagers and young children sat politely in a circle on the gym floor. Then came the craziness. “Duck, duck, duck, duck...

For Special Needs Children, Research Shows Early Intervention Works

Empowering Abilities Charles Honey
One morning at his daughter’s school, Tom Walla watched contentedly as 3-year-old Libby pasted leaves onto a wreath with help from a teacher, then...
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