The progressive Grand Rapids book store Books & Mortar turned a complaint for a prospective customer into an opportunity to give back to the community.
It’s been an ongoing conversation, starting with the Washington Redskins, but even finding a local audience as well.
A couple of weeks ago, Belding Area Schools announced they would become the Black Knights after a conversation with students, parents and others in the community...
Today, Wednesday, October 7 is one of two designated "count days" as required by the State School Aid Act to determine state funding for Michigan’s K-12 public school districts. Funding is based on the total student count/attendance on those two days. Obviously, it is vitally important that our schools have all of their students in attendance since their vital state funding counts the he
Parents who have been on the look out for a superior education for their children may not have to work so hard to get his or her children enrolled in a charter school.
I'm not 100% versed on all of the controversy surrounding funding and accredidation requirements, but I do know that public school districts have been battling the challenge of offering a higher educational standard or else parents
With the current state of funding for public schools being, um... less then stellar, many organizations have popped up to fill the funding void. One of the coolest sites I was told about was DonorsChoose.org. It has a really unique way to give that let's you give to a program that truly believe in.