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Initiative aims to double enrollment in career & technical education by 2030

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

An ambitious county-wide initiative aims to increase the number of students taking classes that teach them career skills and prepare them for the workforce.

Touched by tragedies, social worker educates families on safe gun storage

All Districts School News Network

Social worker Eunice Benavidez, who’s lost family members to gun violence, talks about a safe gun storage initiative she leads at Kelloggsville Public Schools.

Method offers trauma-informed approach to managing students in crisis

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

Kent County schools are turning to an intervention method that focuses on trauma-informed crisis management. Key: understanding what the developing brain does in moments of crisis and the impact of trauma on the brain.

Admin appointed to national school safety organization

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

Cedar Springs’ assistant superintendent of student services is now an educator’s representative to the board of the National Association of School Resource Officers.

State of the Student tackles four big topics

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Area students were center stage at the annual “Listen. Learn. Lead.” event to share their thoughts about mental health, school safety, engagement and belonging.

High-schoolers talk mental health with education leaders, legislators

Multi Districts Erin Albanese

What can schools do to support student mental health and make connections? Students shared their thoughts on how and why it’s so important to them.

‘There’s always somebody championing you’ at Cedar Springs High School

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

The Every Student Known initiative at Cedar Springs High School is fostering a safer, happier school community.

High-schoolers use TikTok to inform, entertain

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

Cedar Springs media students are making the best use of TikTok, to deliver positive, entertaining and informative messages.

Four years after pandemic, chronic absenteeism still a problem

Comstock Park Riley Kelley

Four years after the pandemic, students continue to miss more school than they should.

No cell phones in class? It’s a good thing, student and principal say

Podcasts School News Network

Five years after Forest Hills adopted a policy severely restricting cell-phone use during the school day, we talk to a student and principal about how that’s working out.

Lesson No. 1: how to be an informed voter

Multi Districts Riley Kelley

Kent County students and educators give their thoughts on civic duty, voter responsibility, information overload and the magnitude of the presidential election.

Live from the gridiron: students document football team

Cedar Springs Brett Atwood

Three students in the high school’s advanced media production class, Cedar Springs TV, have tackled a big senior project: a documentary series on the Cedar Springs football team.

U.S. Rep. Scholten weighs in on national issues affecting local schools

All Districts Beth Heinen Bell

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten recently sat down with SNN to discuss career and technical education, the upcoming election and more.

Is it enough? Supplemental budget aims to offset mental health, security cuts

All Districts Riley Kelley

Supplemental funds will curb the impact of mental health and safety cuts in the education budget, but they won’t solve everything.

Agriscience students gain experience, lend hand at Meijer Gardens

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

A partnership with Frederik Meijer Gardens has given Kent Career Tech Center students the opportunity to work alongside horticultural experts.

U.S. Education Secretary: ‘We gotta fight for our educators’

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona hosted a roundtable discussion on public service loan forgiveness with local educators.

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