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That's What Being a Badass Teacher Means!By: Wilma De Soto *Hot, humid July day.• Cleaning up a "fetid hole", my administrator moved me to the last week of school in June in order to run me out of the...
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The Growth of a Movement: Lessons Learned During the First Year of the Badass...
Originally published on Wednesday July 23 by emPower Magazine. On June 13, 2014 the Badass Teachers Association (BATs) celebrated its one year anniversary. As a member and administrator since the first...
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Arne Duncan Drops in Unexpectedly on Meeting With BATS at US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights and Gets an Earful! (w/ added reflections by Larry Proffitt and Marla Kilfoyle)By: Dr. Mark...
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BATs July 28, 2014 SpeechBy: Dr. Yohuru WilliamsMr. Duncan in May of 1894, Jacob Coxey, and his Army marched on Washington DC in the wake of a worldwide depression to petition the government for jobs...
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BAT's March on DC SpeechORIGINALLY POSTED ON MEL'S BLOGhttp://theeducationactivist.blogspot.com/2014/07/bats-march-on-dc-speech.html?m=1BY: Mel KatzA Compilation of Past Writings, Plus SomeBAT’s March...
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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: MARLA KILFOYLE OR MELISSA TOMLINSON contact.batmanager@gmail.comBADASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PROTEST RALLY RESULTS IN MEETING WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF...
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A TEACHER OF COLOR'S MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM(EXCERPTED FROM HER BOOK ON RACE AND EDUCATION DUE OUT SOON)BY: PAMELA LEWISKhloe was striking. Her skin was rich, the absolute last...
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Education Reforms and Sociopathy- Guest Post By Wilma DeSotoIt is no secret that American Society has recently suffered from a spate of Anti-Social Corporate Reforms which have contributed to the...
View ArticleBATs Statement on the Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Equality Subgroup
The founders, managers, admins, and moderators of BATs have disaffiliated with BATs Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Equality (RECE). RECE was created as one of many secret/subgroups of BATs where fellow...
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Why be Badass?
Welcoming remarks by Denisha Jones at the BAT's 1st Annual Rally in DCI am constantly asked the same question by friends and family when I talk to them about this group...why call yourself badass? They...
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AN OPEN LETTER TO "THE VIEW" FROM BATs!Your recent comments, which were perceived as an attack on teachers, have caused commotion within our respective communities. In good faith we would like to...
View ArticleBad Teacher or BAD-Ass? You decide!
Bad Teacher or Bad-Ass? You decideThere has been a great deal of talk this past week on “bad” teachers. As Whoopi Goldberg made her statement on unions, she decidedly drew the line that there are good...
View ArticleHow Do We Feel? From BATs DREAM
How do teachers feel about acts of violence that result in the murder of students of color? Besides parents, we make the greatest investment in the nation's youth. We nurture them. We watch them grow....
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TENNESSEE BATs ATTEND D.C. RALLYBY: ANDY SPEARShttp://tnedreport.com/?p=908The Badass Teachers Association (BATs) is a nationwide group of teachers who aggressively argue against the status quo in...
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Containment, Confinement, and DeathBy: Dr. Mark Naison There are so many ways we are treating our young people, especially young people of color, as suspects, threats, dangers to the social order. They...
View ArticleWhat’s your opinion on having students call you by your first name? A student...
What’s your opinion on having students call you by your first name? A twelve word, simple sentence launched an all out comment war. The opinions are radically different, but all are supported and...
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Thirteen and a Half Years a Slave by Peggy Marie SavageMay 17, 2014 recognized the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. It was supposed to be a sixty year victory over segregation and a...
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Reflections from a TeacherBy: Maria Glass I just retired from 22 years of teaching, 2 as an ESL adult educator, 7 as bilingual/ESL middle school language arts and 13 as a high school English and...
View ArticleWhy Michael Brown’s death is important to BATs
Since BATs’ inception both its detractors and would be supporters have continued to ask, “If not the reform agenda, then what?” And it is a valid question, not because teachers have done anything...
View ArticleThe Death of Michael Brown, Teachers, and Racism: 10 Things Every Badass...
Hello my fellow badass teachers. My name is Denisha Jones and I have been a member and admin for badass teachers since the first week BATs was created. I am also a teacher educator at Howard...
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