THE BADASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION - WE HAVE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS TO TESTING THAT HURTS, PUNISHES, AND BLAMES CHILDREN!

Conscientious objector is a phrase that refers to a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or to bear arms on moral or religious grounds. 

We know that we are in the middle of a war, fighting for our schools and our students. One of the tolls in this war is the implementation of high stakes testing. These tests are like weapons, based upon the knowledge that these tests do not accurately measure educational achievement, but are more truly a measurement of the economic characteristics of the student. Today, decisions are being made to divert funds from numerous programs and appropriate staffing levels as districts are rushing to meet technology requirements and implement test practice programs. This money could be better used to increase staffing levels to allow for better student to teacher ratios, implement new programs that increase cultural and global awareness, create services that support the needs of the whole child, and renovate existing school structures that are in desperate need of repair.

The amount of stress that our students are under has become overwhelming and our schools are becoming less able to help that. As educators it is our moral responsibility to become a shield for our children and protect them from the people that seek to manipulate their education to personally profit at their expense. We have the moral obligation to become conscientious objectors as we remember our responsibility to our students.

As employees of our schools districts we realize that we are contractually obligated to perform certain tasks upon direction of the administration. However, we would like to formally state our objection to administering these high stakes tests to our students. We, the Badass Teachers Association which is an association of 52,000 people fighting to save public education,  would like to proclaim that we are doing so under extreme duress.

Please visit here for teachers who have refused testing or made statements of objection nationwide

https://teacherslettersofprofessionalconscience.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/teachers-a-call-to-conscience/

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