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This Story from Nashville Could Have Been Written About Providence Too—Except Our Reading Scores are Even Worse
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This Story from Nashville Could Have Been Written About Providence Too—Except Our Reading Scores are Even Worse

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By Vesia Hawkins Vesia Hawkins is a mom and a grandma and a fierce education advocate in Nashville, TN. She is especially focused on the issue of literacy as well as helping parents to understand how their children are *really* doing in school. This piece could absolutely have been written about Providence—some of the acronyms… Continue reading This Story from Nashville Could Have Been Written About Providence Too—Except Our Reading Scores are Even Worse

Vesia Hawkins Has An Independence Day Message To The System Protectors and Opportunity Hoarders
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Vesia Hawkins Has An Independence Day Message To The System Protectors and Opportunity Hoarders

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It’s not broken. It was built this way. It was built to oppress. It was built to control. It was built for profit. It was built for political gain and power. It lives off of us. – Ava DuVernay On the weekend leading up to Juneteenth, Black Americans’ Independence Day and my wedding anniversary, I… Continue reading Vesia Hawkins Has An Independence Day Message To The System Protectors and Opportunity Hoarders

Vesia Hawkins: Parents are Busy Making Choices
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Vesia Hawkins: Parents are Busy Making Choices

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My Tennessee pal Vesia Hawkins weighed in on the recent report by EdChoice called Schooling in America and I must say that the findings that jumped out at Vesia also jumped out at me. According to the report, teachers overwhelmingly don’t trust parents and that makes for some head scratching for the millions of parents… Continue reading Vesia Hawkins: Parents are Busy Making Choices

Smart Moms on Roseanne, Mental Health, School Justice, Black Excellence and Celebration
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Smart Moms on Roseanne, Mental Health, School Justice, Black Excellence and Celebration

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Happy Friday everyone! I celebrated my 45th birthday this week which explains my sudden appreciation for anti-aging products and my newfound commitment to Weight Watchers. Yup. For the very first time, I am a Weight Watchers member and I must say that even I am surprised at the discipline I’ve shown…for the past 13 days.… Continue reading Smart Moms on Roseanne, Mental Health, School Justice, Black Excellence and Celebration

Episode 3 (From Chicago): 2 Moms from Nashville and Detroit on Why They Do This Work
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Episode 3 (From Chicago): 2 Moms from Nashville and Detroit on Why They Do This Work

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We quite literally took the show on the road in this episode. A few months ago, Keri and I traveled to Chicago and we brought our recording equipment with us so that we could capture our conversations with the awesome folks we would be seeing during our time out there. After some quick banter during… Continue reading Episode 3 (From Chicago): 2 Moms from Nashville and Detroit on Why They Do This Work

This Week with Moms-in-Ed
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This Week with Moms-in-Ed

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Greetings from Chicago where I’m spending a long overdue couple days with my Ed Post colleagues. It was 70 degrees in my little state of Rhode Island and 25 degrees colder when I landed here in the Windy City. I really wish I had packed a jacket.  While people’s TVs and news feeds are ablaze… Continue reading This Week with Moms-in-Ed

When Friends Say it Best: Black Voices on How the NAACP Has Lost its Way
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When Friends Say it Best: Black Voices on How the NAACP Has Lost its Way

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I have the absolute privilege of working alongside some incredibly smart and brave people, people willing to stand up to the power players and put themselves out there because they believe it will help kids and help families. While they don’t all come down on the same side of every issue, they push my thinking… Continue reading When Friends Say it Best: Black Voices on How the NAACP Has Lost its Way

Planet Mom Radio from Chicago: We Got Guests and One is a Hell of a Singer
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Planet Mom Radio from Chicago: We Got Guests and One is a Hell of a Singer

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Windy City or Bust! Planet Mom Radio has been in Chicago for the past fews and enjoying the privilege of meeting so many education advocates and parents from all over the country. Keri and I talk about two highly successful schools that are under attack in MA and RI and then we shifted to hosting… Continue reading Planet Mom Radio from Chicago: We Got Guests and One is a Hell of a Singer

To Be a Woman in the Age of Trump
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To Be a Woman in the Age of Trump

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Did you wear a pink hat? Stay home? Help a girl make sense? Reactions to the post-inaugural marches were as varied as womankind. Listen in to a spontaneous stream-of-consciousness between a group of women bloggers around the country who lend their voices to education.  Here is our email chain.   Beth Hawkins, Minneapolis; blogger, Beth Hawkins Fellow women writers, education advocates and mama bears:… Continue reading To Be a Woman in the Age of Trump