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Erin Albanese

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

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...

They got the moves like coders

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Hundreds of district students took part in the national Hour of Code...

Shooting for a greener school

Kentwood Erin Albanese
They used design thinking to come up with solutions to make the school more environmentally friendly...

‘He makes us feel like we are home’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Dan Takens, who retired Dec. 31, was one of School News Network’s first advisory superintendents...

Clued in to student learning

Byron Center Erin Albanese
At West Middle School, 78.1 percent of eighth graders were proficient in social studies and 73 percent of seventh graders were proficient in math. Those scores are number one in Kent County and among the top in the state, showing big increases from last year...

‘Tour guides of their knowledge’

Wyoming Erin Albanese
The museum served as a reading celebration to cap off a month-long study by students, who also wrote and illustrated their own books...

Student groups focused on diversity earn pins, hear messages of empowerment

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
The groups, open to all students, support populations that are historically underrepresented in college. About 90% are the first in their family enrolled...

Reality 101

Kentwood Erin Albanese
In East Kentwood High School’s personal finance class, students quickly learned what grown-up expenses take bites out of income...

Storybooks distributed to Kent County children for Christmas

All Districts Erin Albanese
Early education students are receiving their very own copies of 'The Gruffalo,' an award-winning storybook that has sold more than 13 million copies...

‘He makes us feel like we are home’

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Dan Takens, who is retiring Dec. 31, was one of School News Network’s first advisory superintendents...
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