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

Project Re-Imagine: District Embarks on Transforming Education

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

School is still too much about content memorization and regurgitation; students are taught to think like computers, spitting out answers for standardized tests; and...

New Wyoming Principal Inspired By Children’s Perspectives, Humor

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Name: David Lyon School: Wyoming Public Schools Gladiola Elementary School What will be your first priorities as principal be? My first priorities have been to establish connections...

High School Artists Beautify Hallways, Classrooms, Community

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Fireflies, ladybugs, stick-bugs and other crawly critters climb on numbers across walls at Kentwood Public Schools' Hamilton Early Childhood Center. Next to each of the...

Providing Equity in Education Can Mean Everything to a Child

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

In science, a paradigm shift occurs when there is a change in underlying assumptions, when conventional wisdom comes into question as a result of...

Equity Leads to Excellence in Schools, Requires Courage and Tenacity

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

A child's background remains the biggest predictor of his or her success in the classroom, said professor and author Pedro Noguera. But that doesn't...

Former Grandville Superintendent Takes Kent ISD Reins

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

When Kelly Souten was preparing to teach Advanced Placement calculus, Grandville Public Schools Superintendent Ron Caniff directed the class' retiring teacher to work with...

New Principal Digs into Toolbox to Help Students Succeed

Wyoming Erin Albanese

Name: Gwenn Dangerfield School: Wyoming Public Schools West Elementary School What will be your first priorities as principal? My priorities as the instructional leader of West Elementary...

Principal Wants Front-Row Seat to Her Students’ Learning

Byron Center Erin Albanese

Name: Erin Kornoely School: Byron Center Public Schools Marshall Elementary What will be your first priorities as principal be? I am excited to start building relationships with...

‘Through Every Sense of the Word’ Garden Will Help Youngsters

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Hamilton Early Childhood Elementary Center special education teachers Julie Gaines and Sue Farnham recognize when their preschoolers are overwhelmed, need a break or could...

Capstone Courses Open Doors from Paleontology to Embalming

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

When you talk to high school students about their career goals, embalming isn't usually mentioned. But Maria Garcia, who graduated in May from Lee High...

Kids and Mental Health: ‘Parenting Doesn’t Come With a Manual’

Wyoming Erin Albanese

During Wyoming Public Schools' mental health series, parents and students explored ways to improve communication with each other. Listening before reacting; approaching each other at...

Like a Second Mother, Retiring Principal Served with Love, Consistency

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

It's a Wednesday in June and Southeast Kelloggsville Elementary School Principal Paula Dykstra is noshing on burgers and fries at McDonald's with eight fourth-...

Students Walk In Haitian Children’s Shoes for A Day

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Carrying heavy buckets of water, balancing a basket on her head and completing work with crayons and paper gave Breton Downs Elementary fifth-grader Ella...

A Fish Tale: Students Set Chinook Salmon Free into Local Creek

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese

Lee Middle School teacher Vlad Borza stretched his arms wide to show Godfrey Elementary School students how large salmon released into Wyoming's Plaster Creek...

Summer Learning Can Mean Big Fun

All Districts Erin Albanese

Educators across Kent County are making efforts to curb summer-learning loss, the tendency for students to lose ground on what they've learned during the...

Teacher Hosts Weekly Library Days to Keep Students Reading This Summer

The Road to Reading Erin Albanese

Oriole Park Elementary School teacher Ginger VanderBeek scanned the shelves in the children's section at the Wyoming branch of Kent District Library for books...

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