Press Conference June 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm, City Hall Steps, Néw York City

Justice, Not Just Tests

Jesse Turner, Walking from Connecticut to Washington, D.C.

With Councilman Danny Dromm

Jesse “The Walking Man” Turner is walking from Connecticut to Washington D.C. this summer to protest the education malpractice that is demoralizing parents and teachers, and turning our children into human capital. It is a grassroots campaign to connect the dots across states and bring awareness to the testing abuse that is demoralizing children and their teachers. Jesse, a professor of literacy at Central Connecticut State University, is holding Walking Man Events along the way in people’s homes, libraries, coffee shops, churches, and on street corners, to gather evidence from parents, students, and teachers.

Jesse will hold a press conference with Councilman Danny Dromm on the NYC City Hall steps at 3:00 on June 24, 2015. He will be joined by representatives of Change the Stakes and several other organizations concerned with the quality of our public schools.

Why I Walk?

1. I am a Professor of Literacy and everything I know professionally informs me what is happening to our children in the name of education reform is child abuse.

2. Because Moses walked, because the Cherokee walked, because the Navajo walked, because Martin walked, and because Cesar Chavez walked. Walking may just be the most potent weapon human beings have against oppression.

3. Because childhood matters.

4. Because children come first.

5. Simple concept: Testing is not
teaching.

6. Top down Education Reforms have always failed.

7. NCLB is the most massive Education Policy failure in the history of public education.

Press contact Rosalie Friend, (718) 965-4074, saveourschoolsnyc@gmail.com, for further information