WATCH: Pink Slips Prompt Teachers To Rap
They served Los Angeles' youth, got served pink slips, and now they are serving up fresh educational rhymes over the internet.
The anonymous teacher-turned-hip hop duo, Two Teachers and a Microphone, have gained a small, educational cult following for their informative rap videos that protest teacher layoffs and ask the public to take a stand.
This week, Two Teachers are back at it again with a new video about standardized testing and a specific message directed towards policy makers: "we teach human beings, not test takers."
Their catchy chorus captures the essence of their frustration:
WATCH:
The youtube account that hosts their videos provides a blurb about the teaching renegades:
The anonymous teacher-turned-hip hop duo, Two Teachers and a Microphone, have gained a small, educational cult following for their informative rap videos that protest teacher layoffs and ask the public to take a stand.
This week, Two Teachers are back at it again with a new video about standardized testing and a specific message directed towards policy makers: "we teach human beings, not test takers."
Their catchy chorus captures the essence of their frustration:
"Because the kids we teach we are so much more than a value assigned from a test score. And the same is true for the teachers too so don't use it as a tool to bury our schools."
WATCH:
The youtube account that hosts their videos provides a blurb about the teaching renegades:
We are both products of LAUSD schools and have spent our careers teaching in LAUSD schools.