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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

Tug of (Revolutionary) War

Byron Center Erin Albanese
A game with mismatched teams is a favorite activity each year in fifth grade teacher Josh Smith’s class...

Legislators, superintendents, students talk top issues in Michigan Schools

Issues in Education Erin Albanese
One lawmaker said it’s important for them to understand 'what it means on the ground and in real life for our educators'...

Welcome to the New World

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Oriole Park students learned about the journey of an immigrant to the U.S. in the early 1900s, when many people arrived from Europe and were greeted by the image of the Statue of Liberty on the horizon...

Math intervention aims to reach every student

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Different students may be in groups weekly, depending on what standards they have met...

‘You sneak them into learning’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Brent VanEnk wanted to teach in the most engaging way possible, so he created a virtual world where students play out what they learn...

Musicians take on anything but classical

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Forty-four students become immersed each morning in music styles ranging from bluegrass to alternative rock in the Anything But Classical Orchestra...

GRCC nursing programs hit anniversary milestones

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
The programs are celebrating 100 percent student pass rates...

District seeks $80 million to build new fifth/sixth grade building

Byron Center Erin Albanese
In the past 11 years, enrollment has burgeoned by more than 1,000 students to 4,256 students this school year...

Program receives funding for three parent educators to serve areas of need

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
Bright Beginnings, a program which serves children from birth to kindergarten with home visits, playgroups and free screenings, is the recipient of $273,068 in millage funds to bring more services to families...

Exonerated Central Park Five member calls for ‘true justice, true liberty’

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
Exonerated Central Park Five member Yusef Abdus Salaam presented the keynote speech, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' for the 34th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration...

Second graders pitch questions to new superintendent

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Superintendent Kevin Macina has been happily busy since beginning his new job Jan. 1, including being peppered with questions by Countryside second graders...

Like taking candy from a colonist

Wyoming Erin Albanese
A lesson on taxation without representation taught students how colonists felt when taxed on goods by a faraway king...

Thanks to local firm, students learn to virtually design car parts

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
A three-day program offered by AutoForm exposed a dozen engineering students in the second year of the Tech Center’s Engineering and Architecture Program to industry-level design...

A and B student strives for success, from a motel room

Homeless, with Homework Erin Albanese
A homeless Kent County teen talks about stressors, family, schoolwork and life in a motel...

‘It might spark a desire to want to change something’

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
The Lunch & Learn series aims to bring in people representing different careers and backgrounds to speak on various topics...

‘The community deserves to read these stories’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
Wyoming High School’s Project Lit chapter promotes reading and book talks among staff, students and community members...
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