GRPS board meeting, May 4, 2009.

A team of Grand Rapids Public Schools students took top honors in nationwide math and language competitions at the National Academic Games tournament in Tennessee. (more…)

Grand Rapids Public Schools has set a series of open houses to connect would-be students and parents with the district’s new theme schools, high school speciality programs and expanded grade levels at Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy. (more…)

The relatively new superintendent of the public school system in the nation’s capital has made a radical offer to teachers: give up tenure and I’ll double your pay.

Her basic premise? Tenure protects bad teachers by making it more difficult for districts to fire them.

Washington Superintendent Michelle Rhee’s plan isn’t brand new. It has been featured in Newsweek. I caught a report on it yesterday on ABC World News Sunday and this morning, Rhee’s ideas were featured in the Grand Rapids Press, which just published a series on tenure issues in West Michigan. (more…)

Students at Forest Hills Eastern High School are organizing a voter registration drive with help from teachers and Ada Township leaders, according to a statement from the district. (more…)