Claudia Rowe
@RoweReport
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Author of WARDS OF THE STATE, on foster care and the criminal legal system. Previous: THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. Also, editorial board member @ Seattle Times.
Seattle
Joined December 2013
More kind words for WARDS OF THE STATE. Thank you, @LarissaMacFarqu and @ABRAMSbooks! WARDS is out on May 20. Book launch info coming soon.
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Interesting and valuable context from @CMJoyHollings on grocery store closures. More than meets the eye.
When a community loses a grocery store, it doesn’t just lose a place to buy food. It also loses:. ✅️A pharmacy people rely on. ✅️A community hub.✅️A distribution point where food banks and meal programs pick up donations. So why are stores closing, and what’s really.
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Thanks to @alexanderrusso for publishing an except from WARDS OF THE STATE! For those who worry my book about foster care shows a hopeless situation, check out this sample.
Inside an ESA-funded microschool, a foster kid success story, & hot times in Houston - . 🏆 Best Education Journalism of the Week 🏆 (08/22/2025).
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RT @sirDukeDevin: It's pretty obvious at this point that Trump isn't going to leave office voluntarily. Are we going to do that thing whe….
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RT @skaushik100: Another must read piece about the Seattle Schools from the invaluable @RoweReport posted online @SeaTimesOpinion, this one….
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RT @ByMikeBaker: Don Jr. refers to Portland and Seattle as "craphole cities" and suggests they may need federal law enforcement takeovers.….
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WARDS has been out for 3 months, and I could not be more grateful for the response. Thanks to all who are reading and championing this book!.
More kind words for WARDS OF THE STATE. Thank you, @LarissaMacFarqu and @ABRAMSbooks! WARDS is out on May 20. Book launch info coming soon.
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RT @alexanderrusso: A new book from a former education reporter shows that schools can make a transformative difference for foster kids — m….
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Beautifully stated. This is the real America.
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RT @SeeUsNowOrg: We shouldn't have to ask to be seen or heard. We shouldn't have to advocate for foster kids who go missing. And we shouldn….
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Rick Flynn truly gets it: #Foster care is an invisible system with outcomes that affect us all. Have a listen!.
Listen to @RoweReport on Rick Flynn Presents discussing her book, WARDS OF THE STATE: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care. @ABRAMSbooks
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Hey #WA #education folks: Fewer than 40% of students are doing math at grade level. Read this thread to see how one state turned itself around.
In 2019, Alabama was dead last in 4th grade math—52nd in the nation on NAEP. The situation was so dire that 28 schools had ZERO students proficient in math. In just five years, they went from worst in the country to middle of the pack. Here's how they did it. 🧵
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Just a reminder, courtesy of @JohnFugelsang: "The pro-life party just chose arson over 1.5 million starving children. Somewhere in Hell, Henry Kissinger looked up and said, ‘Damn, that’s cold.’".
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RT @MelissaSantos1: Katie Wilson is ahead of Bruce Harrell in the early primary election results for the Seattle mayor's race, with about 4….
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The interviews keep coming because people get it: WARDS OF THE STATE is connecting the dots between homelessness, incarceration, and America's #foster care system.
"Homelessness is an incredibly common outcome for kids who age out of foster care." Listen to @RoweReport on @WWDB_AM_860's Brian and Lee Show discussing her book, WARDS OF THE STATE: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care. @ABRAMSbooks
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