This just in from the BATs:

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On February 12th the Badass Teachers Association was honored to get this amazing message from James Meredith via his co-author William Doyle. BATs will be honoring Meredith’s The American Child’s Education Bill of Rights with a special event on February 10-13. Here is that amazing message:

A MESSAGE TO AMERICA’S TEACHERS

The destiny of America is in your hands. We are in a Dark Age of American public education, but you will lead the nation to a new dawn, to a New Renaissance of Education for all of our children that can transform America and the world.

This new age will be based not on politics or profit, but on evidence, and based on love and respect for teachers and children above all else.

As Sam Cooke said 50 years ago, “There been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long, But now I think I’m able to carry on. It’s been a long, a long time coming, But I know a change is going to come. Yes it will.”

James Meredith

with William Doyle

Co-Authors of A Mission from God: a Memoir and Challenge for America

BATs will be supporting James Meredith vision for education by producing videos that will have teachers commenting on aspects of The American Child’s Education Bill of Rights. To be a part of this amazing venture please join BATs on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BadAssTeachers/ or you can email BAT Managers Marla Kilfoyle and Melissa Tomlinson at contact.batmanagers@gmail.com for more information.”