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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

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...

‘World-Class’ Band Program Thrives on Community Support

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese
Drive down 36th Street SW between Buchanan and Division on a fall day, and the sound of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, flutes and drums fills...

High School Sideline: Organic Milk

Caledonia Erin Albanese
It looks like big things are on the horizon for sophomore and Future Farmers of America member Shannon Good. Shannon is really no "future" farmer;...

‘It Takes All of Us to Make This Work’

All Districts Erin Albanese
It was the first day of school during Byron Garrett's second year as principal when he met a kindergartner who spoke no English. Garrettt spoke...

Calling All Senses: Help Me Read!

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese
In a small room within the teacher's lounge, Southeast Elementary School fourth-grader Aubrianna Vernon focused on the consonant blend, "spr." With her index finger,...
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