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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...

Careers Found Here

Kent ISD Linda Odette
I'm supposed to wear what to an interview? I'm supposed to talk how? A resume and a business card to give out? Seriously? Those thoughts...

Designing and Building the Perfect Pulley System, in One Act

Kent ISD School News Network
Noah Pittman said one thought came to mind when he and his classmates saw the project. The Engineering & Architectural Design students at Kent Career...

Helping Hands for the Youngest Newcomers

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Kentwood resident Van Cung told representatives from about a dozen local organizations what the Kent ISD early childhood program, Bright Beginnings has meant for...

Coming Soon: Lessons in Thinking

Kent ISD Linda Odette
Donna VonderHoff's AP computer science class learned how to solve a problem. While describing it that way may sound simplistic, it wasn't. The problem was...

Reading Now Network Reaps Results

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Lost amid the debate over early literacy and the celebration -- by some -- of the governor's signature on legislation placing greater emphasis on...

Up Close with In-Demand Careers

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Beginning a career in manufacturing after high school can pay off fast, said industry rep. Angie Huyghe. An apprentice in the toolroom can make a...

Why not ask the customer?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Let's open with a quick quiz. Can you name a $13 billion enterprise that operates almost totally without regular, ongoing and actionable customer research? If...

Why Not Local Control?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Campaigning for governor in 2010 as Michigan was clawing its way back from the abyss of the Great Recession, Rick Snyder created a huge...

A Father’s Story: ‘It’s OK to Be the Way You Are’

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
When it comes to talking about gender identity in schools, Peter Tchoryk has seen how it can work firsthand. He and his wife, Sarah,...

Personal Chef, Snowboarder, Instructor

Kent ISD Linda Odette
Previous job: I started in the food industry at age 15 and really enjoyed hospitality and working with people. My focus was in food...

Making Fruit-iful Music Together

Kent ISD Morgan Jarema
Heidi Hayes and Allison Rogers had no idea they would spend part of a recent morning trying to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb"...

20 Districts, Many Ways to Add Five More Days

East Grand Rapids Charles Honey
How do you add five days to the school year without disrupting family schedules, while increasing student learning and not starting before Labor Day? Ask...

Cub Reporters Cover “Design, Build, Innovate” Summer Camp

All Districts School News Network
This week's edition is dedicated to the work of high school students from public schools across West Michigan, who attended SNN's inaugural journalism camp...
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