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Beth Hawkins

Senior Writer & National Correspondent

Beth Hawkins is The 74's Senior Writer & National Correspondent. She has covered education since 2000, writing about K-12 schools for Minnesota’s nonprofit public policy news site, MinnPost, followed by a recent stint as Education Post’s writer-in-residence.

Her work has garnered numerous national and regional awards, including recognitions from the Education Writers Association and the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists’ Page One awards. (Beyond the websites mentioned above, Hawkins’ stories have appeared in More, Mother Jones, the Atlantic, U.S. News & World Report, Edutopia, EducationNext, the Hechinger Report and numerous other outlets) She cut her reportorial teeth during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s. She also writes frequently at her blog: BethHawkins.org.

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Beth Hawkins

Senior Writer & National Correspondent

Articles by Beth Hawkins

Due Process, Undue Delays: NYC’s Decades-Long Special Ed Bottleneck

Data Show LGBTQ Students Report Bullying and Attacks from Kids — and Teachers

Minnesota Supreme Court Takes School Desegregation Case to the Kids

Angry at DeSantis, Fla. Students Take to the Streets — and Take a Banned Lesson

‘We Stole 5 Years from Kids’: A Houston Board Member on Looming State Takeover

Amid Shortage, MN Bill Endangers Thousands of Special Ed, Rural, CTE Teachers

Ending a Years-Long Standoff, State Officials Announce Houston Schools Takeover

Snow Dazed and Amused: Supe’s Video Goes Viral after Blizzard that Wasn’t

74 Interview: New KIPP CEO Shavar Jeffries on Students’ Post-Pandemic Needs

Survey: More Than Half of LGBTQ Florida Parents Are Thinking About Moving

Bucking Trends, Louisiana Sees a Small, Promising Boost In Its Teacher Supply

Anger & Fear: New Poll Shows School-Level Impact of Anti-LGBTQ Political Debate

Top Texas Court Green-Lights State Takeover of Houston Schools. Will it Happen?

74 Interview: Meet Minneapolis’s First Autistic School Board Member

Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Sports Rules

'Miles Ahead': St. Paul Tracks Recovery Spending, Adjusts Programs on the Fly

‘Drinking From a Fire Hydrant’: New Orleans’ New Superintendent’s Singular To-Do List

‘The Bottom Has Dropped Out’: Study Confirms Fears of Growing Learning Gaps

Wisconsin Re-Elects Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, Derails Push for School Vouchers

There Are Just 90 LGBTQ School Board Members. Half Were Threatened, Harassed

More Hostility, Less Support: LGBT Youth Poll Finds Rampant In-School Harassment

State of Play: Girls’ Athletics Rising — With or Without Trans Kids on the Team

Badger State Bellwether? If Purple Wisconsin Goes Red, Expect School Voucher Boom

Poll: Half of Americans Know Little About CRT, What’s Actually Taught in Schools

College Mental Health Supports Reduce Suicide Risk 84% in LGBTQ Students

Court: Minnesota Schools’ Racial Imbalance Alone Not a Constitutional Violation

Yes, There’s a Shortage of Special Education Teachers. And That’s Nothing New

Teacher Strike Delays Start of the New School Year in Seattle

A Texas Muralist Paints Her Heart Out For Uvalde

Special Ed Kids Were Shunted Back Online. Is It a Move to the Virtual Basement?

Kids Catch Up Best With Grade-Level Work — But Keep Getting Easier Assignments

Great Hearts Hopes In-Person Pods + Online Teaching = New Type of Hybrid School￼

Poll: As ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Looms, 1 in 3 Educators Oppose Teaching LGBTQ History

Tennessee Students Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Reading Proficiency

How Libraries Came to be Sanctuaries for LGBTQ Kids

The Kids Hiding in Plain Sight: Advocates Push to Collect Data on LGBT Students

‘Provider of Last Resort’: Superintendent’s Last Plea for Help for Her Students

Buffalo Shooting Suspect Made Threat at School But Wasn’t on NY ‘Red Flag’ List

Minneapolis Teacher Strike Lasted 3 Weeks. The Fallout Will Be Felt for Years

Threatened & Trolled, School Board Members Quit in Record Numbers

The Undocumented Youth Changing New Mexico

Mike Magee Leaving Chiefs to Be New Minerva University President

Minneapolis Educators End 3-Week Walkout

Lessons from a Small School: What Student Re-Engagement Truly Means

Minneapolis, St. Paul Educators Vote to Strike

Million-Dollar Records Request: MN Districts Flooded With Document Demands

Inside a School for Unaccompanied Minors

States Aren't Making Sure ESSER Money Goes to Kids Who Need It Most

Report: Keeping Schools Open Isn’t Enough

Educators' Mental Health Tied to Classroom Effectiveness

Students in Majority Black Schools Now a Full 12 Months Behind White Peers

Minnesota Judge Orders Desegregation Case to Trial

Can Shrinking Schools Downsize Themselves?

Downsize Schools, or Keep Them Open & Hope Students Come Back?

Indianapolis ‘Innovation Network’ Schools See 42% Jump in Students Amid Pandemic

A Strategy to Lure Back Disengaged Students Amid COVID: Job Training Programs

Incentives Boost Use of Quality Curriculum

All-Charter District Seeks Superintendent

Superintendent Michael Thomas on Changing a White School System

Minneapolis Fed Maps the Achievement Gap

New Partnership to Help Districts Use Real-Time Data to Aid Student Recovery

Few Families Asked for Input on School Stimulus Spending

Diverse Group of Parents Protest for Better Literacy Instruction

Chicago’s New School Chief Has Long Record of Innovation in Texas

Districts Are Scrambling for Virtual Options. Will They Be Good Enough?

EdNext Finds Drop in Support for All Reforms

What Researchers Know — & Don't — as School Year Gets Underway

Thousands of Students, Teachers in Quarantine

Why the Fallout from Pandemic’s K-Shaped Recession Will Affect Schools for Years

D.C.’s Missing Students and the Rush to Avert a COVID Classroom Crisis

With Up to 9 Grade Levels Per Class, Can Schools Handle the Fallout From COVID’s K-Shaped Recession?

Will Fallout from COVID Recession Fix Delaware's Jim Crow-Era School Funding?

How Tesla, Reinvented Schools & Robotics Set Reno Up to Weather COVID Recession

Can Doubling Down on School Reforms Avert COVID Classroom Crisis?

New Data on Students with Disabilities Finds Opportunity and Risk

Frank Talk About Race From Minnesota Teens as they Remember George Floyd

New Report: Use Acceleration, Not Remediation, to Fight COVID Learning Loss

Great Hearts Hopes In-Person Pods + Online Teaching = New Type of Hybrid School