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The Badass Teachers Association (BATs) is an education activist organization that challenges what it sees as "corporate-driven" education reform efforts. == History == The Badass Teachers Association (BATs) is an education activist organization founded on June 14, 2013 by Priscilla Sanstead and "Notorious PHD" Mark D. Naison. Mark Naison left the organization in April 2014. The mission of the Badass Teachers Association states that the organization 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.badassteacher.org/mission-statement/ )〕 Members of the Badass Teachers Association refuse to accept assessments, tests and evaluations created and imposed by corporate driven entities that have contempt for authentic teaching and learning. The goals of the Badass Teachers Association are aimed to reduce or eliminate the use of high-stakes testing, increase teacher autonomy in the classroom and work to include teacher and family voices in legislative decision-making processes that affect students. The Badass Teachers engage in organized group actions such as phone calls, emails, or letter writing. As co-founder Priscilla Sanstead claims, "vexed teachers raising their hands quietly was not working. " The Badass Teachers Association has an extensive social media platform. It has a closed Facebook page with over 56,000 members, a Twitter feed with over 23,000 followers, a website, a blog, Facebook groups in every state, International Facebook groups for teachers overseas, and special interest Facebook groups where members can go and "chat" about their special areas of expertise in education. The organization began as a Facebook group but now it helps to organize on the ground education activism around the nation. BATs present on panels at conferences, write op-eds that appear in local, national,and state news outlets, and organize protests/events on the ground. The organization has held two summer events in which they have protested the policies of the USDOE and held a Teachers Congress in the summer of 2015. The Badass Teachers Association is an organization that is considered "left leaning" in its political messaging. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Badass Teachers Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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