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

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...

Students Bring Concerns from Classroom to Council

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

East Lee High School students recently served as a voice for the millions of victims of human trafficking worldwide, including thousands in West Michigan,...

Need Extra Study Time? You’ve Got It

Byron Center Erin Albanese

With the end of the semester approaching, nine students in English teacher Trevor Muir's classes had unfinished essays or quizzes. Without a last-minute push Muir...

Students Go for the Green in Social Learning

Caledonia Erin Albanese

It's easy being green. But blue, yellow and red? That's another matter. Special education students are learning to express how they feel and to identify...

‘If I Can Do it, You Can Do It’

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Dressed in red, resemblant of flaming hot sauce, Bowen Elementary fifth-grader Yoe Shi Yar played David Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant who founded Huy Fong...

Statewide Study Shows True Cost of Educating a Child

All Districts Erin Albanese

What’s the actual annual baseline cost of educating a student to proficiency in Michigan? At minimum, nearly $2,000 more than we’re spending now, according...

Way Cool: Public Library Within a School

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The new Kelloggsville Branch of Kent District Library was buzzing with activity as children, teens and families checked out the new community facility they...

When Learners Become the Teachers

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

To explain how he learns best, Lee High School sophomore Elijah Kibbe described studying all the ingredients for ice cream treats before he started...

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