education

Some protesters are trading picket signs for chocolate. "Not My President" candy bars saw an increase in sales after Betsy DeVos become Education Secretary.

Michigan is facing a shortage of substitute teachers and it's having a direct affect on schools. The Detroit Free Press says the lack of substitute teachers, ...is making it difficult for schools to cope when there are absences due to illness or family emergency, or for those times when a teacher needs to be away for training...

As of today, Tuesday September 6th, all ITT Technical Institute campuses are shut down. Also, effective immediately, about 8,000 employees will lose their jobs. The shutdown comes after the U.S. Department of Education banned ITT from allowing students who receive federal aid to enroll in the school...

This past spring marked the first time that Michigan high school juniors had to take the SAT's. Prior to, it's always been the ACT's, But the results for the first SAT scores in Michigan have been released by the Department of Education...

Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan today. Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram with your back-to-school pictures from greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan. Let's show our pride pictorially about our students, children and kids.

Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan on Tuesday. Share your pride about your students headed back to school on their first day of the 2014-2015 school year. Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram, and see those photos online at 100.5 The River. We'll post those photos starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday. Read Mo

What?  Study abroad at Grand Valley?  You're kidding, right? Nope, not close.  Grand Valley State University ranks fifth in the nation for the number of students who participate in study abroad programs, according to the Institute of International Education.

Educational rankings are never perfect.  In fact, they are often controversial.  Still, they remain a useful tool. A number of West Michigan schools have done well in the U.S. News rankings which were just released today.

Today, the Michigan Department of Education released MEAP test scores from fall of 2012. The Michigan Education Assessment Program report provides results for public schools from grades 3 - 9.

Tonight, January 29th, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Middle School, 851 Madison Ave. NW, all parents and families are invited the the School Choice Expo.

Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance.

One of our daughters, Alissa Vidro, married to Matt,is an English teacher at Allendale High School.  She love her work and her students.  She loves being in the classroom, helping them grow as they become adults and prepare them for the real world.