Grand Rapids Public Schools

How do you make sure schools in communities without a lot of resources are successful?That's not an easy question to answer, but we're always looking for…

Today we have an update from a story we brought you in January. For that story, a documentary we called "The Big Test," I spent six weeks following a…

The big test is coming. "I don’t even want to take it, says Musa, a third grader at Congress Elementary in Grand Rapids. "I'm not a big fan of tests."Musa…

Every once and a while, our State of Opportunity team receives a story pitch from someone in the community who's trying to make a difference in the lives…

It's no secret that pre-kindergarten education can have a profound impact on the future prospects of children - studies have shown it for decades. But in…