Author: Vesia Hawkins

Extremely passionate about education choices, fairness, and good football.
Black Community, Nashville

5 Things You Missed at Summer’s Most LIT Ticket In Town

This blogger loves what she loves and has no problem publicly professing her love for Project LIT Community! The effort-of-the-heart that populates book deserts with culturally-relevant books and hosts a monthly community book club at the school launched by Maplewood High School English teacher Dr. Jarred Amato and a group of students. I’ve dedicated several blogs to this effort as it something that I believe has … Continue reading 5 Things You Missed at Summer’s Most LIT Ticket In Town

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Nashville

Profile In Innovation: Plant the Seed

Some might define Nashville’s It-ness by the hundreds of organizations that have aligned their mission around the needs of schools and their students. Our schools are largely filled with students from low-income families and in a city like Nashville where the poor gets poorer, the myriad of social ills that plague our community at large show up in our classrooms. As a result, schools are … Continue reading Profile In Innovation: Plant the Seed

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Nashville, School Choice

Nashville Summers Are Not All Cowboy Boots and Denim

Summer break in Nashville is in full effect, I know this because last night the CMA Awards kicked off the annual Country Music Festival. Also, schools have been out for two weeks and the great summer happenings are flooding my timeline. However, the business of education is far from adjourned. June is hot for more reasons than the obvious as our city council has on … Continue reading Nashville Summers Are Not All Cowboy Boots and Denim

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Black Community, School Choice, Tennessee

Black Families Shed Systemic Shackles And Chase Excellence

There is no freedom without choice. I know that’s pretty basic. Anyone who thinks about freedom for five minutes could easily come to that conclusion, and I know I’m not the first to say it, but I think it’s profound. The struggle for freedom is as old as humanity itself. There have always been those who try to limit freedom—limit choices—for certain groups, and for … Continue reading Black Families Shed Systemic Shackles And Chase Excellence

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Accountability

Will The Real Roseanne Please Have Several Seats?

“Words are the voice of the heart.” – Confucious I’m still reeling from the gut punch after learning of Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet referencing the Planet of the Apes when referring to Valerie Jarrett, a former Obama administration staffer, and Black woman. And just minutes ago I learned of Roseanne’s 2013 tweet referencing an ape and Susan Rice, another Black woman. Gut punch times two. … Continue reading Will The Real Roseanne Please Have Several Seats?

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Nashville, School Choice

In Less Than A Year, STEM Prep Masterfully Flips The Script for English Learners

I am a wannabe Francophone. I like to think that French is my language, but the truth is I’m bad it. If I were to immerse myself in the French culture for one year, even with three years of French under my belt, I would still be very bad it. Not this group of newcomers. STEM Preparatory Academy recently celebrated a group of fifth graders matriculating … Continue reading In Less Than A Year, STEM Prep Masterfully Flips The Script for English Learners

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