Beth Hawkins

@beth_hawkins

Award-winning National Correspondent covering education for . Blogger at . parent. Equity. Longform. Tacos.

Minneapolis, MN
bethhawkins.org
Joined April 2009
469 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @beth_hawkins

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @beth_hawkins

  1. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    I have criticized Amy Klobuchar a LOT on here, so I need to note that she did the right thing here by asking Henn. DA Mike Freeman to initiate an independent review of Myon Burrell's case.

    1 reply 27 retweets 122 likes
    Undo
  2. 16 hours ago

    👀👀👀 THIS. Deserving of much commentary. But maybe at a decent hour.

    One feature of having such a large share of school funding from the state is that it imposes periodic constraints that force a review of processes and structures.
    Show this thread
    1 retweet 1 like
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Not a good time to have a ridiculously incompetent president.

    603 replies 3,015 retweets 25,407 likes
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    There have been many important lawsuits brought by families and students to compel states to create a right to a quality education. Here’s another one. Does your state have a constitutional right to literacy or quality schooling?

    “The engine of democracy”: An unprecedented California right-to-read lawsuit links literacy to citizenship. reports
    5 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    is scary & there's no vaccine. Wouldn't it be nice to have a vaccine to prevent a highly contagious disease? You know what killed 140,000 people in 2018 & HAS a vaccine that some parents won't give their kids? . Vaccinate your kids

    30 replies 622 retweets 1,833 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    “The engine of democracy”: An unprecedented California right-to-read lawsuit links literacy to citizenship. reports

    1 reply 5 retweets 4 likes
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    Today's the last day at for . Tough. Empathetic. Driven. Quick with a joke. She's taught an incredible number of people an incredible amount about education and journalism. And on long days she brought reporters beer. May the road rise to meet you, etc.

    2 replies 5 retweets 19 likes
    Undo
  8. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    OPSB member Ben Kleban to step down in June. The rest of that board is expected to appoint a replacement to serve out the rest of his term, which ends next year.

    4 retweets
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    From the pool report from VP Pence's visit to 3M. "Pool holding now until spray."

    1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  10. Retweeted
    Mar 6

    An Orlando Sentinel investigation into private school policies that discriminate against LGBTQ students has set off a fresh debate about the state's voucher/tax-credit scholarship programs.

    1 reply 9 retweets 5 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  11. Retweeted
    Mar 5
    Replying to

    We need to be thinking creatively about the MANY ways teachers can demonstrate they are effective. Encourage and allow all of them to lead to permanent licensure. And push back on antiquated ideas about what does/doesn’t qualify someone as effective.

    1 retweet 3 likes
    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    Mar 5
    Replying to

    I know. And I agree. I just worry at what point does it become a “box-checking exercise?” For example, what if a Tier 2 teacher received National Board Certification? Would we still say “Spend $300 and complete mountains of paperwork” just b/c that’s how we do it here?

    1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    Great piece from calling out false narratives about charter schools, and how fixating on them distracts us from addressing deeper structural barriers facing kids and driving inequities.

    1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  14. Mar 5

    I have heard speculation. Anybody?

    Replying to @beth_hawkins @citizenstewart @IngaMCotton
    This is my district. I am disgusted and confused. Was it because the other two options were women? Was it name recognition but people couldn't remember that everything they heard was terrible? Was it because his name was first and people just guessed? HOW?!
    1 like
    Undo
  15. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    "In 2009-10, 41% of all of Federal Way's 11th + 12th graders took an advanced course; 35% of students of color did...year after the district passed its acceleration policy, those numbrs rose to 67% of all students + 61% of students of color."

    3 retweets 1 like
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    "The creaming critique also applies to trad schl districts, where exclusiv + selective enrollment are so common that people have become oblivious to them...assign children to schls by nhood—that is, according to families' housing budgets."

    3 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    ICYMI: JV wrestler with Down syndrome wins citywide weight class championship — and the whole high school team goes crazy

    1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    Mar 5
    Replying to

    Not the outcome that I was expecting! Doing what I can to stop him from getting the nomination.

    1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    Undo
  19. Mar 5

    I whine about the vortexes as much as the next guy, but ...

    . says he won’t be shocked to see 70 degrees Sunday afternoon somewhere in southern Minnesota. Maybe even in the Twin Cities ...
    1 reply
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Mar 5
    Replying to

    PELSB is currently sitting on data linking past effectiveness with the preparation programs they attended among other variables, but they won’t share the information publicly. We also know that racial diversity, mentorship, and residency are catalysts to effectiveness.

    1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    Undo

@beth_hawkins hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·