Intersection:: What teaching in one of the United States' most segregated school districts taught me about life, g(race), and education.

by Chandra Hawkins

In her memoir, Ms. Hawkins, recounts her upbringing as a child pioneer of the homeschooling movement and her journey into public education. As a first generation home school graduate, Hawkins shares her journey surviving the fundamentalism she came out of to later becoming a teacher in public education. in addition she shares the insights and lessons she learned along the way. Through the bizarre intersection of seemingly opposite worlds, Ms. Hawkins has found herself in the unique position to speak to the issues within all structures of education today and the need for change.

This book is for anyone who is a stakeholder in education who is concerned about the issues facing education today. American education as we know it is on the brink of collapse. Teachers are leaving, parents are haphazardly homeschooling, and racism and systemic injustice continue to be deeply ingrained within educational practices. Ms. Hawkins, through her unique life experiences, seeks to draw awareness to the issues surrounding education today and how children's lives can be negatively impacted by the decisions of adults and the systems they have created. Through her unique experiences, Ms. Hawkins seeks to spark dialogue regarding the systems that are broken and to create the space needed for change. The future of our world depends upon it and our children are counting on us to give them a future of promise and hope.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2022