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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...

Grant Brings Sex Ed Instruction to Students with Special Needs

Empowering Abilities Erin Albanese

Eighth-grader Bryan Galvez aptly summarized the consequences of healthy versus risky decisions when it comes to teens and sex. “Would you rather have a...

Play, Plan and Prepare

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Early and Often Parents play a huge role in optimizing their children's brain development, says Terese Smith, director of Great Start to Quality program. She...

Millage Approval a ‘Huge Feat’ for 20 School Districts, Leaders Say

All Districts Charles Honey

Christie Ramsey was very happy for her three children in Rockford Public Schools, following Tuesday’s approval of an enhancement millage providing $19.9 million for...

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