On WestSouthwest, Kalamazoo Schools Superintendent Michael Rice discusses ways to avoid the "summer slide." And a Fennville educator tells us about genocide education.
Kalamazoo Public Schools and the Kalamazoo Public Library are working to keep students reading over the summer. KPS Superintendent Michael Rice says it's one way to keep students reading skills from "sliding" over the long break. Rice also speaks with WMUK's Andy Robins about how changing the school year for two of the district's schools can improve student performance.
A law passed in 2016 requires students in Michigan learn about genocide. The director of teaching and learning for Fenville Public Schools Corey Harbaugh tells WMUK's Earlene McMichael that it's important to learn about being "an upstander, not a bystander." Harbaugh who is a member of the Governor's Council on Genocide and Holocaust Education, will speak Saturday in Kalamazoo at an event marking the commemoration of the Rawandan Genocide.
