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Virginia BATs is made up of teachers, parents, and advocates fighting corporatization reform of education and the high stakes testing, developmentally inappropriate standards, and invalid data based evaluations of schools and teachers that go along with it
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#livelong&prosper Something to remember: Between 1948 and 2017 we increased the life expectancy by 10-15 years for every ethnic and gender group. That could not have been done without public school teachers. Everyone learned. Everyone Became. Everyone got to live longer.
Donald Trump declared these kids would not be allowed to play the concert they had earned. The Marine's Own retirees showed us why Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are not just important, they are what we stand for as Americans. Watch!
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U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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March 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Donald Trump declared these kids would not be allowed to play the concert they had earned. The Marine's Own retirees showed us why Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are not just important, they are what we stand for as Americans. Watch!
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
Nothing good can be said about electeds that do this, or people who support them doing so. Feed the kids for crying out loud.
SCHOOL MEALS ALERT!
The U.S. House of Representatives proposed budget includes cuts to the national school meal program that could impact free school meals for 451,117 Virginia students across 784 of Virginia's CEP eligible schools.
The U.S. House of Representatives proposed budget includes cuts to the national school meal program that could impact free school meals for 451,117 Virginia students across 784 of Virginia's CEP eligible schools.
February 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Nothing good can be said about electeds that do this, or people who support them doing so. Feed the kids for crying out loud.
#livelong&prosper Something to remember: Between 1948 and 2017 we increased the life expectancy by 10-15 years for every ethnic and gender group. That could not have been done without public school teachers. Everyone learned. Everyone Became. Everyone got to live longer.
January 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#livelong&prosper Something to remember: Between 1948 and 2017 we increased the life expectancy by 10-15 years for every ethnic and gender group. That could not have been done without public school teachers. Everyone learned. Everyone Became. Everyone got to live longer.
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January 20, 2025
From the Statehouse Report Ezra Levin of Indivisible Event FCPS Issues including a guest blog from Phyllis Payne and FLECAC attacks Upcoming Events- Fund our Schools Advocacy Day Give a Gift to 4 Publ...
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January 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
We believe in and support schools and communities that are anti-racist, non-colonizing, and equitable.
We support teachers'/staff unions, strong instruction, and mutual support within communities.
We are part of national Badass Teachers Association.
We support teachers'/staff unions, strong instruction, and mutual support within communities.
We are part of national Badass Teachers Association.
November 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
We believe in and support schools and communities that are anti-racist, non-colonizing, and equitable.
We support teachers'/staff unions, strong instruction, and mutual support within communities.
We are part of national Badass Teachers Association.
We support teachers'/staff unions, strong instruction, and mutual support within communities.
We are part of national Badass Teachers Association.