Legislators money doesn't matter must think we are stupid

http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2016/06/does-money-matter

NEPC Policy Brief Of course money matters, especially to poor schools

Money doesn't matter to the wealthy, the powerful and the connected their children only attend schools with plenty. Legislators and policy makers who claim other wise must think we are stupid.

Resources matter,
Class size matters,
Certified teachers matters,
Teachers for life matter,
Real art teachers matter,
Real music teachers matter,
Real librarians matter,
Up to code buildings matter,
Having enough custodians matter,
Having experienced principals matter,
Having enough special educators for all children matters,
Having enough Reading Specialists for all children matters,
Having school nurses matter,
Having teacher aides matter,
Having elected boards of education matter,

What doesn't matter,
Rigor,
Grit,
PARCC,
SBAC,
Choice without equity,
Drop by teachers,
Top down driven Ed Reforms,
Legislators who think voters are too stupid to understand that only those with money think money doesn't matter in public education 

What really matters is a public that votes out legislators who think we are stupid,

What really matters is writing to the editors,

What really matters is speaking up at Board of Ed meetings,

What really matters is opting out,

What really matter is carrying a sign,

What really matters is marching,

What really matters is showing in DC for the Peoples March for Public Education and Social Justice at the Lincoln Memorial on July 8, 2016.

What matters is not what everyone else does,

What matters is what you do.

#EquityNow16

NCLB, RTTT ESSA inequity has always been part of the plan from the beginning

President Franklin Roosevelt said: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

Equity is complicated. Inequity is not in my humble opinion. You either have the public will for justice for all, or you don't.
What is wrong with NCLB, RTTT and the ESSA? Of course the testing and standards will save us is all wrong, but it is more complicated than merely the over use of testing.
What is not complicated is every one of Ed Education reform acts is they have come up don't help every child. Education reformers offer false choices, lotteries, and competitions between those with more resources and those with less. Their plans are punitive, they reward some with new buildings, more flexibility, and resources, and leave others with less. Places like Chicago are no different than any other urban or rural community of color. These Education reform solutions only help some. They were planned from the start to only help some. They demand very costly data tracking systems, but offer little in the way of actual help at the classroom level for children in need.
These Ed Reform Acts are like the Titanic. They never had enough life boats for all children. Why were there not enough life boats on the Titanic? They were so sure their boat was unsinkable. After all the were the builders, business leaders, and owners. They were smarter than everyone else. They did not want to spend money on life boats for all, because anything they did would never ever sink!
What is not complicated in my view is they have no plan to end inequity in our public schools. If you have no plan to end inequity than any plan you have is unjust for some. Injustice for some is injustice for all.
My question to policy makers, politicians, and compromises is why can't we have equity for all?
Equity Now,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

Notice to the wealthy, the powerful, and the connected your education reform plan have failed FDR's test of progress.

If you are wondering what this walking man is listening to on this day...it's Barry Lane's "Afraid of love" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqVLkPaDEDI Come July 8, 2016 the coalition of the just shall gather together against the harm done to our children in the name of education reform. We will gather at the Lincoln Memorial to rally, and we will march to the White House. We will not endorse any politicians, we will not cheer Grit and Rigor, we will march for play, art, music, real reading, real writing, physical education, real history, applied science, applied math, student learning choices, and respect for teachers and parents. We need every who can to come join us.

I hear Angels calling the just

A few years ago my dear friend and brother Barry Lane interviewed me at the New England Reading Association conference. It's short about five minutes. The focus of the interview centered around "Does poverty matter? It was in response to Ed Reform claims that poverty does not matter. I love how Barry framed this clip. Humor me watch it before you read this one please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71O0ChPFzAI

On March 31, 2000 Senator Paul Wellstone said: "That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy. ... Our chronic refusal as a nation to guarantee that right for all children…. is rooted in a kind of moral blindness, or at least a failure of moral imagination…. It is a failure which threatens our future as a nation of citizens called to a common purpose… tied to one another by a common bond."

The Just hear Angels calling

On July 8, 2016 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC the just are gathering to call out the every Presidential Candidate, both political parties, Congress, the Senate, every mayor, every governor, and legislator in the land. A rough estimate of how long Black, Brown and Poor children have waited for that promise of an equal start and sound education.

Some people can't see,

Some people won't see,

Some people don't care,

Some people are part of plan.

Others are too busy,

Others too preoccupied,

Others too busy stealing pennies from the poor,

Others natural born haters,

Others are self absorbed in the vanity of immoral vanity of power.

Just teachers struggle in their classrooms to rise above madness,

Just teachers bear the scorn of the wealthy, powerful and the connected,

Just teachers cry in their dreams for suffering of our most needy children,

Just teachers are walking out,

Just teachers are striking,

Just teachers are speaking up,

Just teachers are standing up,

Just teachers are marching.

Just teachers are gathering.

God sees all,

Knows all,

Judges all.

Someday everyone stands in that court of judgment,

The case of the just is we gave all I had for justice,

We did not do enough,

We could not do enough,

We did not march enough,

We did not speak out enough.

We gave all we had for justice,

Forgive us for our failures.

give us the chance to do it all over,

We'll give more,

Speak up more,

March more,

Sleep less,

Eat less,

Bleed more.

We may fall,

We may stumble,

We will not give up,

For we are the just,

For our hearts are full,

We are our brothers’ keepers,

We are the just,

We are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in DC,

Our heroes shall rally our souls,

Then we will march from that place where Martin shared his dream to the White House.

We are just teachers,

We are Martin's people,

We are the children of hope,

We have been on the march for justice,

We cannot be defeated,

We are justice marching.

See you in DC,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

PS Hint the word is all you need is two feet and a willing heart to join these justice angels marching

If you like to know what this walking man is listening to on his walk under a Jamaican Sun...it's Train " Calling all Angeles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaG9SDxwPBg