BATs in 2017!!

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BATs In the News

Get to Know the Badass Teachers fighting Privatization

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/40092-get-to-know-the-bats-teachers-fighting-privatization

Teachers Embrace Mindfulness

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/teachers-embrace-mindfulness/article_1f0585e6-3f56-54e4-aca8-d85c69f21188.html

DREAM Supporters in New Jersey Launch Thanksgiving Hunger Strike

https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/dream-supporters-new-jersey-launch-thanksgiving-hunger-strike

‘Badass Teachers’ Study Blames Trump for Increasing Educators’ Stress

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/badass-teachers-study-blames-trump-increasing-educators-stress

Survey: Teachers' mental health declining amid job stress

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/30/survey-teachers-mental-health-declining-amid-job-stress/811577001/

Teacher-Led Networks Turn Educators Into First Responders

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2017/04/12/teacher-led-networks-turn-educators-into-first-responders.html

Educators Are More Stressed at Work Than Average People, Survey Finds

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2017/10/educator_stress_aft_bat.html

Teachers And Politicians Mount Final Push To Keep Betsy DeVos Away From Public Schools

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/betsy-devos_us_5898c511e4b09bd304bcae16

Teachers' Union Faces Backlash Over Publication on Personalized Learning

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2017/06/teacher_union_backlash_personalized_learning.html

Teachers report increased stress at work, per new survey

https://signalscv.com/2017/11/teachers-report-increased-stress-work-per-new-survey/

Next Generation Learning Standards to Soon Replace Common Core in N.Y.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/14/next-generation-learning-standards-to-soon-replace.html

Can Computer Programs Help Students, Teachers?

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/personalized-learning-technology-in-classrooms/4005770.html

Has the Fairfax County School Board just declared war on teachers?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/05/02/has-the-fairfax-county-school-board-just-declared-war-on-teachers/?utm_term=.bce57cad0f87

Public Educators Share Fallout on Personalized Learning, Privatization and Edtech

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-16-at-public-education-conference-educators-share-fall-outs-on-personalized-learning-privatization-and-edtech

Education in the Trump Era: Bad for Your Mental Health?

https://sandiegofreepress.org/2017/11/education-in-the-trump-era-bad-for-your-mental-health/

Education Groups Clash Over Trump's Transgender Bathroom Guideline Reversal

http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/education-groups-clash-over-trumps-transgender-bathroom-guideline-reversal

State Sen. Flanagan Draws Heat for Supporting Trump’s Education Secretary Pick

https://www.longislandpress.com/2017/01/30/state-sen-flanagan-draws-heat-for-supporting-trumps-education-secretary-pick/

Why the word ‘merely’ turned many advocates for students with disabilities against Gorsuch

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/07/why-the-word-merely-turned-many-advocates-for-students-with-disabilities-against-gorsuch/?utm_term=.13366fbfd4ce

Learning software in classrooms earns praise, causes debate

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/learning-software-in-classrooms-earns-praise-causes-debate/

Pro-DeVos ads air, saying ‘liberal’ critics are full of ‘rage and hate,’ as anti-DeVos protests are held

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/02/04/pro-devos-ads-air-saying-liberal-critics-are-full-of-rage-and-hate-as-anti-devos-protests-are-held/?utm_term=.f140c9776e5b

The DeVos Brand of Public School Reform: Unregulated, Profitable, Voucher-Oriented, Meets Resistance in Ohio

https://www.alternet.org/education/devos-brand-public-school-reform-unregulated-profitable-voucher-oriented-meets-resistance

Teachers’ mental health declining due to job stress, political discourse, survey finds

https://gbea.weac.org/2017/10/30/teachers-mental-health-declining-due-to-job-stress-political-discourse-survey-finds/

Teachers Don All Black to Protest DeVos' Confirmation for Ed Secretary

http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/teachers-don-all-black-protest-devos-confirmation-ed-secretary

Survey: Mental health among teachers declining

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/36717025/survey-mental-health-among-teachers-declining

Survey: Teachers' mental health declining amid job stress

http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-now/survey-teachers-mental-health-declining-amid-job-stress/465-1c4424d3-9729-433f-be54-3940ef401266

How Education Bills With No Chance of Passing Have Sparked Interest From Activists

http://www.insidesources.com/education-messaging-bills-gop/

Betsy DeVos' Confirmation Signals Dark Times for Democrats

http://time.com/4662853/betsy-devos-confirmation-democrats/

Can computers enhance the work of teachers? The debate is on

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/27/can-computers-enhance-the-work-of-teachers-the-deb/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/can-computers-enhance-work-teachers-debate

Betsy DeVos: Trump's illiberal ally seen as most dangerous education chief ever

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/26/betsy-devos-education-secretary-trump

Supporters and Skeptics of Betsy DeVos, Trump's Nominee for Education Secretary

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/01/betsy_devos_friends_enemies_education_secretary.html

Is this Booking.com commercial “teacher-bashing”? A PBC teacher thinks so

http://extracredit.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/03/22/pbc-teacher-blasts-booking-coms-teacher-bashing-commercial/

Our Children Deserve Better: A Call
to Resist Washington’s Dangerous
Vision for U.S. Education

http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/publications/2nd%20Deans%20Letter.pdf

Next Generation Learning Standards to soon replace Common Core

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/next-generation-learning-standards-to-soon-replace-common-core-20170914

Fallout From Racist Diatribe by NY Charter School Billionaire Continues

https://truthagainstthemachine.com/fallout-racist-diatribe-ny-charter-school-billionaire-continues/

Groups Call on Cuomo to Cut Ties With Loeb Following Racist Attack

http://www.aqeny.org/2017/08/groups-call-on-cuomo-to-cut-ties-with-loeb-following-racist-attack/

Wa. State workers denounce far-right, union-busting Freedom Foundation

https://www.liberationnews.org/wa-state-workers-denounce-far-right-union-busting-freedom-foundation/

National teacher survey: ‘Overworked, underpaid, underappreciated, questioned and blamed’

http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2017/10/30/national-teacher-survey-overworked-underpaid-underappreciated-questioned-and-blamed/

Chris Christie's bully image endures in the public's imagination

http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/11/16/chris-christies-bully-image-endures-publics-imagination/784701001/

BATs - Boots on the Ground

NEA BAT Caucus in 2017

http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/search?q=nea+bat+caucus+2017

BATs Speak to Antioch Education Department

https://www.antioch.edu/los-angeles/2017/12/12/badass-teachers-speak-education-department/

The People’s Summit

https://www.thepeoplessummit.org/speakers/

https://patch.com/new-jersey/galloway/lessons-chicago-local-activist-freeholder-candidate-melissa-tomlinson-speaks

PDX Rally Against White Nationalists

https://pdxactivist.org/events/1328

BATs Host #WeChoose Critical Conversation at Seattle Conference

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/-WeChoose-Equity-and-Justice-.html?soid=1118329502306&aid=mZ2xTDOo5wg

BATs 4th Annual Education Conference

https://sites.google.com/view/backtoschoolwithbats/home

Top Education Organizations on Social Media

http://educationnext.org/top-education-policy-people-organizations-social-media-2017/

BATs join the #WeChoose Coalition

https://chicagodefender.com/2017/02/16/grassroots-organizations-join-forces-for-wechoose-campaign

BATs Partner with the Franklin Foundation in The Public Schools Defense Fund

https://franklinfdn.org/supporting-educators/

Leaders protest superintendents controversial policies

http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20170831/NEWS/170839905

New York Opt Out of Testing

http://liherald.com/stories/three-quarters-of-bellmore-merrick-students-opt-out-of-ela-test,89924

BAT Asst. Executive Director Runs for Office

https://www.tomlinson4acfreeholder.com/

NY BAT Christine Pelligrino Wins NYS Assembly Race in Trump District  

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/nyregion/special-legislative-election-christine-pellegrino.html

NY BAT Kat Brezler Throws her hat in the ring for NYS Senate Seat

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2017/11/09/shelley-mayer-kat-brezler-eye-run-george-latimers-senate-seat/107498926/

Equity in Education Rally - Washington State

https://eec-wa.org/what-we-do/mobilization-and-outreach/betsy-devos-counter-rally/

Educators protest Devos in Tennessee

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/11/30/betsy-devos-nashville-teacher-protest-tennessee-schools/910917001/

Ohio BATs Create an OH BAT Caucus in OEA

Washington State BATs create WA BAT Caucus in WEA

California BAT Caucus created in CTA

BATs testifying in Ohio - Brianne Kramer  https://publiceducationpartners.org/voices/briannes-story/

BATs testifying in Nevada - Phil Sorenson and Lisa Muntean https://www.facebook.com/BadassTeachersAssociation/photos/a.493503337385213.1073741827.492035944198619/1265008153568057/?type=3&theater

BATs testifying in Connecticut - Chris Willems  http://ct-n.com/ctnplayer.asp?odID=13397&jump=1%3A03%3A23

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