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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...

Young Chefs Camp, Through the Eyes of High School Journalists

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...

CSI Middle-Schoolers, as Reported by High School Newsies

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...

Killing Creativity, Restoring Trust

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
"Creativity cannot be taught, but it can be killed ... Asian education systems kill creativity more effectively than the American system. The creativity gap...

Tony Bonofiglo: ‘We Are All Different in Some Way’

Kent ISD Tom Rademacher
Well, kids, I hate to break it to you, but while some of you sigh your way through another summer, wondering how to occupy...

‘Blown Away by Awesomeness’

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
During the 5-Minute Design Challenge, Kent Innovation High School students worked together on creating new and improved cat strollers. You could say it was...

Sculpting Real Helping Hands

Comstock Park School News Network
A trio of Kent Career Tech Center 3D Animation students from Comstock Park and Sparta high schools recently had the opportunity to turn their...

Future Takes Flight: ‘I Will Do Whatever It Takes’

Grads with Grit Charles Honey
Nolte Cunningham’s first experience on a plane was really bad. He was about 6 years old, on a flight taking his sister to the...

‘I’ll Saw this Wood Up – I’m Not Scared of It’

East Grand Rapids School News Network
From the courtroom to the archery range and beyond, a quartet of female high school students are breaking into fields dominated by males. Two Kent...

Take the Quiz – How Would They Vote?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Here's a quiz: Given their track record, how do you think Michigan legislators would vote on a bill to lower school property taxes on...

Science Learning through Play, Discovery

Byron Center Erin Albanese
As Next Generation Science Standards are implemented in classrooms nationwide, students are beginning to think like scientists as young as kindergarten, paving the way...
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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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