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College? Careers? Where’s the Gap?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

We need more college graduates. We need more work-ready high school graduates. We, as educators, want clarity. Which is it? We need both. The skills for success in...

Why Pre-Labor Day? The Details

Kent ISD Jaye Beeler

Ron Caniff, superintendent of Kent ISD, says he did what 20 local superintendents asked him to do when he filed for a waiver in...

On the Job and On Their Way

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema

More than 40 students with cognitive or other impairments from districts across Kent ISD's service area worked at 11 job sites this summer, earning...

ACA Repeal Threatens Student Academic Achievement

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

Lost in the debate surrounding the repeal of the Affordable Care Act is the potentially disastrous effect dramatic reductions in Medicaid funding will have...

Snyder Signs Budget at Tech Center, and Takes a Tour

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema

Lexis VanDyke had a pretty good excuse to be late for work on July 14. She was showing Gov. Rick Snyder around the culinary...

Educators Love Student-Built Home with ‘Learning at the Core’

Kent ISD Linda Odette

When two educators searching for a new home found one they thought was perfect, it turned out to be more than perfect: It was...

‘It Saves People’s Lives’

Godwin Heights School News Network

Andrea Lewis doesn't think of herself as someone with the bottomless drive to tackle any problem. But she also won't back away from issues she...

The Art of Economics

Kent ISD School News Network

Erin Quick has heard policy debates for as long as she can remember, but a challenging assignment that combines economics with art left her...

Six Teachers Seek National Board Credentials

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

Big names in teaching in Kent County – Michigan Teachers of the Year for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 – have joined forces to share the...

Undaunted by Disease, Staying the Course

Grads with Grit School News Network

Standing in a hall of Sparta High School, Steven Sevarns wore a smile that might suggest he wasn't headed to class that day. He...

Thank You!

How's School Today? Ron Koehler

Kent County voters on May 2 turned out to the polls and expressed confidence in their schools by approving a ballot proposal that will...

A Special Chair for a Special Child, Designed with Love

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher

It's billed as a "Health Sciences Early College Academy" for area high schoolers to get their feet wet in healthcare professions, biomedical technology and...

Free Books for Students ‘Means the World to Them’

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

When she and her classmates recently gave more than 2,700 books to Gerald R. Ford Academic Center, Chianne TerHaar was happy to know she’d...

Ferris Offers Scholarship to Students Across Kent ISD

Kent ISD Allison Kaufman

Is the Bulldog in your future? More students may have the chance to say “yes” thanks to a new Ferris State University scholarship. The...

Diploma: ‘I Feel Like it Changed My Life’

Grads with Grit Charles Honey

Tyler Zahnke sat down at his musical instrument – aka, his Toshiba laptop – and proceeded to open a wonder-box of sounds. He called...

From Childhood Terrors to Lofty Dreams

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Tom Rademacher

For weeks on end, she chose to hold her tongue, and at one point, an instructor finally asked her why. With absolutely no malice, she...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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Simulated crime ties science, critical thinking & data analysis

Opportunities abound at first in-house career fair

Partnership with Black-founded nonprofit brings dedicated learning space

Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy

Learning life skills ‘where life happens’

State of the Student tackles four big topics

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Student news crew interviews state superintendent

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