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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

Local educators on school shootings: ‘Arming teachers is not the answer’

All Districts Erin Albanese
Kent County teachers and principals agree more must be done to stop mass school shootings, but say arming teachers is not the answer. More resources for mental health counselors and stricter firearms requirements are needed to keep students safe, they say

Board begins search for new superintendent, seeks public input

Caledonia Erin Albanese
The Caledonia Community Schools Board of Education has officially begun the search for a new superintendent, and is asking community members to answer a...

Filipino ESL student is still learning, and loving it, at age 84

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
At age 84, Susan Domeier likes to spend three hours, two evenings a week in her English as a Second Language class. Her native language is Tagalog, and though she has spoken English for decades, she wants to improve her vocabulary and conversational skills

Caledonia school board hires interim superintendent

Caledonia Erin Albanese
Newly named interim Superintendent Dirk Weeldreyer recently retired as head of Fennville Public Schools

Technology turns biography reports into multimedia efforts

Wyoming Erin Albanese
After researching and writing about historical figures and famous people, third-graders recorded their work like mini-broadcasters

Hispanic families struggle with uncertainty about Dreamers’ future

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Students who are Dreamers, among about 700,000 young people nationwide who arrived to the U.S. as children of undocumented parents and are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, wonder if they will be able to go to college or secure financial aid. They feel betrayed by the system

Retiring police chief says teen sessions will continue

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
James Carmody has made it a priority to give high school students a voice at the table. Every week he meets with students, rotating between Wyoming, Godwin Heights, Lee and Kelloggsville high schools

There’s No Place Like Home, Except School

Wyoming Erin Albanese
First-grade teacher Blackburn became inspired to make her classroom more like home, from colors to furniture to lighting and decor. She felt traditional classrooms were too sterile and institutional, and wanted a more inviting atmosphere.

Students Hold Their Own Olympics, STEM-Style

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
If you were a child, wouldn’t it be fun to make your own Olympic athletes out of stick-on pipe-cleaner thingies? Yes it would -- just ask these Godfrey-Lee fourth-graders

A Champion of Students from the World

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Amina Mohamed's English-language learner students read along with her during story time at Glenwood Elementary. "There was an old woman who swallowed a pie, a...

Ooey Gooey Goopy

Byron Center Erin Albanese
There's a slime-making craze oozing through preteen circles and leaving many a parent wondering, "Who ya gonna call?" when gooey trails are left on...

Water All Around, but Some Children Can’t Swim

Kentwood Erin Albanese
With his lifejacket snug and dripping wet, Challenger Elementary School fifth-grader Jaden Brown pulled himself up an East Kentwood High School Aquatics Center pool...

District Seeking New Tax for Facilities, Technology

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
Community information meetings on the Godfrey-Lee sinking fund proposal are scheduled at 6:30 p.m. March 20 in the media center at Lee Middle/High School...

Color Me Beautiful

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese
Senior Raven Rochelle knows how much self-image affects girls. "I know, personally, when you are a female, your image is everything," she said. "The way...

Teachers Tell Their Stories, to Help Other Teachers

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
"What inspires you to come to school every day and teach children?" interviewer Rosie del Valle asked Gladiola Elementary intervention math coach Kristi Baumbach. Baumbach,...

This Fable Speaks Truth to Teens

Reading & Writing with Rademacher Erin Albanese
The setting in itself is quite poetic: a frigid, snowy morning at an independent coffee house in Grand Rapids. Marcel "Fable" Price, or Fable...
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