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National Teacher of the Year Advocates Critical Thinking

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

During his year-long journey through the country speaking to educators, National Teacher of the Year Sean McComb has one main goal: encourage teachers to...

Bosch Funds Robot for the Tech Center

Kent ISD School News Network

Students at the Kent Career Technical Center (KCTC) are about gain a new family member – NAO the humanoid robot. Thanks to a generous...

Unique Hybrid School Offers Success

Kent ISD Linda Odette

Lydia Stack is far away from home in New York pursuing her dream of professional dance. Ben Spencer's time for school is limited with...

Students Lead Drug, Alcohol Awareness Conference

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

Two hundred Kent area students, selected for their leadership potential, gathered for a day of lessons and activities as part of the Empowering Youth...

Students Get a Jump Start on College

Kent ISD School News Network

High school students are getting a head start on college with the Health Sciences Early College Academy through the Kent Intermediate School District. The...

Kent ISD Superintendent Announces Retirement

Kent ISD Ron Koehler

Kent ISD Superintendent Kevin A. Konarska recently announced his plan to retire at the end of the current school year. Konarska led Kent ISD through...

Mosaic Film Festival Encourages Critical Viewing

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Kelloggville High School student Danira Stanojevic had an interesting experience listening to her classmates respond to the film “Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the...

Girls vs. Boys in School: A Growing Gap

Issues in Education Charles Honey

While women have overtaken men in college-going rates and college degrees in recent decades, K-12 school girls have outperformed boys for nearly a century,...

Among Top 10 Grads, Girls Top Boys (Again)

Issues in Education Charles Honey

Soon after arriving at Harvard University this fall, Kanon Dean realized he was going to have to buckle down big-time in order to hack...

Tech Center Students Honored as State Officers

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

Kudos to three Kent Career Tech Center students selected as SkillsUSA State Officers. As State Officers they are required to speak publically about SkillsUSA...

Students Adopt #myparty2014 Platforms to Persuade Politicians

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

At the height of election season, students in Kent Innovation High's Civics and American Studies classes presented political campaigns to educators, politicians, and peers,...

Voters Approve Millage Renewals in All Requesting Districts

Kent ISD Charles Honey

The Nov. 4 elections were important to the funding and governance of the Kent ISD’s 20 local school districts. All held elections for school...

For Most Students, Achievement Reflects Income

Kent ISD Charles Honey

The higher the poverty, the lower the test scores. That’s the general story of academic achievement in Kent County public schools. Further, students’ economic hardships...

Teaching Children in Poverty: A New Series from SNN

Kent ISD Charles Honey

Tuesday, School News Network launches a continuing series on poverty in the schools and how it affects students’ learning. We will examine not only...

Special Ed Director Receives Distinguished Award

Kent ISD School News Network

There’s a rumor circulating around Kent ISD that Special Education Director Laurie VanderPloeg has a couple of identical sisters. Not just one, but two. “But...

“Techies” Convene to Share Tricks at EdTech Rally, Learn from Each Other

Kent ISD Adrian Hirsch

Technology specialists from districts across the region recently spent a day together at Kent ISD for workshops and picking each other’s brain to find...

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