BATs Teachers Congress 2015
The Badass Teachers Association is an education activist group of 53,000. The Badass Teachers Association was created to give voice to every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality through education. BAT members refuse to accept assessments, tests and evaluations created and imposed by corporate driven entities that have contempt for authentic teaching and learning. Last year we held a successful rally in front of the USDOE with over 38 states present. This year, we want to hold a Teachers Congress to create resolutions and actions to defeat the privatization agenda of the 1%. We hope to have teacher, student, and parent delegates attend this Congress to give their voice to the resolutions and actions that will define BATs as they go into the 2015 school year. We are honored to celebrate with Jesse "The Walking Man" Turner as he walks again from Connecticut to D.C. to protest the education malpractice that is demoralizing parents, teachers, and turning our children into human capital. We hope to use the donations for:
1. Our Congress Venue at the Holiday Inn
2. To continue to fund our website
3. To fund the BAT Student in Need Book Scholarship (which was launched this year and we hope to extend).
