Erin Albanese

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Erin Albanese is managing editor and reporter, covering Kentwood, Lowell and Wyoming. She was one of the original SNN staff writers, helping launch the site in 2013, and enjoys fulfilling the mission of sharing the stories of public education. She has worked as a journalist in the Grand Rapids area since 2000. A graduate of Central Michigan University, she has written for The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, On-the-Town Magazine and Group Tour Media. Read Erin's full bio

‘Following a map and the sky’

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Adjy Jean spent years as an unaccompanied youth, displaced and moving from country to country. Now, after three years settled in Michigan, he will graduate from East Kentwood High School...

Freewheeling creativity

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A trio of students build a machine to test wheel bearings on electric cars...

‘I have to push myself’

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Rodrigo Lopez-Ruiz, whose family lives in Mexico, has worked hard to support himself and take accountability during high school, overcoming odds to graduate. He also serves others through his job at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital...

Better bus riders, happy bus drivers

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Gladiola Elementary staff members said behavior issues were common on the bus, so they decided to ride along, seat students and build bonds...

GRCC waives fees for summer classes, holding first session remotely

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

Grand Rapids Community College is taking several steps to meet the needs of students financially and through distance learning so they can continue their education during the global pandemic..

School’s back! Districts begin to launch Continuity of Learning Plans

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Districts statewide are rolling out individualized plans by April 28 to continue learning through the end of the school year...

A chain reaction of creativity

Byron Center Erin Albanese

STEM class is all about handing students the tools for a project, giving them a challenge and letting them, like a marble, roll with it...

Stepping up to donate in a time of need

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Tech Center, GRCC are among schools making large donations of equipment to help local health care professionals fight COVID-19...

Reaching students, helping families

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Many students with disabilities need full-time care and receive speech, physical and occupation therapy through school. That typically requires physical interaction...

‘No prerequisites for being taught to read and write’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

The Literacy Center at Discovery Elementary serves students with focused instruction and the belief that all students can benefit from being taught to read and write...

Districts work quickly to launch distance learning plans with in-person classrooms closed

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Governor won’t reopen schools, but learning to continue...

Reaching out, connecting in time of crisis

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Stacey and Julian Goodson, both coaches and youth advocates, adjust to a new kind of life at home with their children...

GRCC offering food pick up

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

Grand Rapids Community College students challenged with food insecurity during the coronavirus crisis can pick up bags of food through drive-by pickups during the next three weeks...

Rallying to feed families

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

While alarming news regarding the novel coronavirus continues to unfold nationwide, Kent County teachers, administrators, food service workers and community volunteers are coming together to make sure students and families continue to have plenty of food while their schools are closed...

Uncertainty abounds during ‘unprecedented situation’ after governor orders school closure

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

The measure to close schools statewide was taken after it was confirmed that cases of the novel coronavirus had increased from two to 10 in the state...

Fancy F’s and elegant L’s

Kentwood Erin Albanese

This teacher gives her students extra credit for completing vocabulary assignments in cursive...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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Training a robot, one fish at a time, in Hour of AI

Speech, occupational therapy blend during weekly class

High school students lead lessons for middle-school peers

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Students shape conversation at annual Listen. Learn. Lead. event

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