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

How to Reform Education? One District Considers Students’ Needs

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lydia Hernandez took the day off from volunteering at the elementary school to prepare a big meal for visitors from the district's human-centered design...

‘Blown Away by Awesomeness’

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

During the 5-Minute Design Challenge, Kent Innovation High School students worked together on creating new and improved cat strollers. You could say it was...

Art of Kids Helping Kids is Food for All

Wyoming Erin Albanese

As Oriole Park Elementary fourth-grader Adam Lagerway painted a cardboard carrot, second-grader Allie Evans thought about how a local organization feeds hungry students. "Six...

Parent Information Nights Help Spanish Speakers Connect

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Santos Hernandez wanted to give his first-grade son, Yaindent, the chance to play on a soccer team. But he wasn't sure where to sign...

Doing the Dance to Learn the Words

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Brown Elementary teacher Nikki Haitz flashed a card with the letters "qu" on it. Her first-graders reacted without hesitation. "Qu, baby we're stuck like glue!"...

Ukuleles: Officially a Thing

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Music teacher Susan Berce sang and strummed her ukulele as students walked into class. "There she was just a walkin' down the street, singin'...

Raising a Record Sum for Cancer Research

Caledonia Erin Albanese

Each year, many personal stories are tied to Duncan Lake Middle School's annual Cancer Walk, which has raised more than $100,000 for cancer research...

Fiesta of the Senses at Spanish Market Day

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Spanish Market Day was a fiesta of the senses at the high school with aroma and tastes of flavorful foods and students dancing in...

Need Tutors? Call the Cool Kids (a.k.a High Schoolers)

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

On Tuesday afternoons, high school junior Cristina Essex and Emily Sternburgh make their way to Mill Creek Middle School Media Center to help sixth-...

Prolific Author Proves Power of Word

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese

In her 2014 coming-of-age memoir "Brown Girl Dreaming," author Jacqueline Woodson turned small moments in her life into a book of free-verse poetry. She...

District to Ask for Tax Renewals on Aug. 2

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Superintendent Dan Takens and the Board of Education will ask voters May 2, 2017 to consider a bond issue to fund expanded facility needs...

Teaching French Not a Language But a Lifestyle

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese

As a Crock-Pot of beef bourguignon simmered, high school students in Amy Wood's class took time developing their palates for Parisian food. With a hearty...

Visit a Senior, Meet a Pilot or a Teacher, or an Artist

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

High school students have learned many interesting tidbits about the residents they are getting to know at American House Senior Living Community in Kentwood. Each...

Anchoring Plants, Anchoring the Community

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

A new botany class at Lee Middle-High School has students thinking about roots, the kind that anchor plants and the kind that anchor communities. The...

Sniffing Out the News is Elementary

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Gladiola Elementary School students sat around a table and discussed what lead -- that's journalistic jargon for introduction -- would be best for this...

Poetry Helps Angry, Distant Student Emerge as School Leader

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

54th Street Academy junior Brianna Darin spoke about her battle with depression and anxiety on National Public Radio’s program “State of Opportunity,” explaining whatit’s...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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Students build, learn, launch – sending Cupid’s arrow flying

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