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

Teachers’ Turn to Learn

Forest Hills Erin Albanese

This year, nearly 1,000 K-12 school leaders in 45 states and 38 countries signed up to participate in Shadow a Student Challenge. It's a...

Students Go Greek by Questioning, Discussing Issues as Socrates Did

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Though the topic was tied to the American Revolution, discussion among Wyoming Intermediate School fifth-graders was inspired by a robed man with a long...

Young Storytellers Delight Younger Listeners

Byron Center Erin Albanese

It was story time in Brown Elementary School second-grade classrooms. Byron Center High School freshmen arrived with books they authored, containing action-packed, kid-friendly plots,...

Helping Hands for the Youngest Newcomers

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

Kentwood resident Van Cung told representatives from about a dozen local organizations what the Kent ISD early childhood program, Bright Beginnings has meant for...

Better Teaching for Better Readers

Caledonia Erin Albanese

Before beginning a lesson on weather and climate at Kraft Meadows Middle School, Anita Archer took a moment to talk to each of the...

Students Embrace their Inner Frog, or Robot

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Improv Class Helps Children Loosen Up and Have Fun

Big Achievement Jump Earns Reward Status

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

With its biggest jump since last year –from 25 to 46 percent in third-grade math proficiency– West Godwin Elementary School was named a Reward...

Board Member’s Bywords: Grit, Growth and Giving Back

Kentwood Erin Albanese

If Kentwood Public Schools Board of Education Vice President Allen Young was standing in front of a classroom, he would tell students to never...

Brain Games: Focusing on Memory to Reduce Effects of Poverty

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Second-grade teacher Patrick Sokol is working to close gaps in achievement seen in students raised in poverty, and he's zeroing in on helping students...

Reversing Academic Decline: How One School Did It

Kentwood Erin Albanese

East Kentwood High School teachers have always known that wonderful things go on inside their school. Theirs is the most diverse in the state,...

Students Build Bridges to Community, with Capes

Caledonia Erin Albanese

It's not everyday you see middle schoolers sewing, but when it comes to helping children become caped crusaders, Kraft Meadows and Duncan Lake students...

Language, Culture and ‘Jambo!’

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

Sixth grade teacher Rebecca Bing remembers a particularly tough day at school. She walked down the hall, feeling a little tired and pensive. Suddenly,...

School Beats the Odds, Boosts Achievement

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Parkview Elementary School has been named a Reward School by the Michigan Department of Education, the first school in the district to be given...

Beat Goes On for 450 Students

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Second-graders found the beat playing together on tube-like instruments called boomwhackers, tubano drums, glockenspiels and xylophones to the song, “Welcome back! I’m glad you’re...

From Desperation to Diploma: A Somali Refugee’s Story

Classrooms for All Erin Albanese

Note from the author: I met Arafat Abdikarim Yassin last February while visiting East Kentwood High School to write about the school's refugee population....

More Space to Study, Mingle, Connect

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

The completely renovated Kelloggsville High School is taking shape, with the opening of eight spacious new classrooms bordering a large common learning area where...

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