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Friday, December 18, 2015

Walking Man what will children remember 30 years from now




Walking Man what will children remember 30 years from now about learning?
If I have my way they will remember:
Silly hat days,
Reading for fun,
Reading under tables,
Reading in the halls,
Reading on the steps,
Reading with their friends and teachers,
Celebrating finishing another chapter book,
Earning another plastic gold medal.

Walking Man why is this important?
Because in their future they will change careers 5 or 6 times. Each time will require learning new skills.
My goal is to leave them not only reading, but with a love of learning.
With a love of learning you can go anywhere, doing anything, and climb any mountain.
Trust me on this, a love of learning takes you further than any test score could, and remember smiles still matter.

Walking Man is there anything else they will remember?
Yes, they will remember those that fought NCLB, RTTT, and yes ESSA.
They will know some fought back against turning learning into testing, children and teachers into data points, and their public schools into profits for Wall Street.
They will also remember every name that attempted to turn them into test scores.
I am not certain if 30 years from now I'll be around, but I plan to be remembered as an educator who saw children not test scores.
Silence and apathy are not acceptable,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

If you want to know what I am listening to today. It's Barry Lane all day long. Particularly "Know Your Higher Self" > https://youtu.be/R-i872w3D2w <




Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Who will stand up for our children?

In "to Kill A Mockingbird" Atticus Finch tells Scout: “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” The lesson he is teaching is "Empathy" the idea you can see the world through another person's eyes. Feel the world through another hopes and fears.
Once again another President and an over whelming majority of both political parties in Washington DC places testing in grades 3 to 8 and high school as the main focus of education reform. The Federal hammer has been replaced by 50 hammers. The fact is the testing remains.
Explain to me how our legislators’ see learning and teaching through the eyes of our children by spending billions on failed testing once again?
Trust me the answer must be they lost the ability to feel empathy for anyone who can't fill their campaign coffers.
Going back to DC with my brothers and sisters of NPE, UOO, SOS and BATs again in 2016. This July we need every parent, teacher and student we can get in DC. Mark your calendars, save your nickles and dimes. Apathy and silence are not acceptable when America's children, teachers and their public schools are reduced to test scores.



I was there in 2011,
I was there in 2012,
I was there in 2013,
I was there in 2014,
I was there in 2015,
Bet the house I'll be there again in July,
Be there in 2016,

Jesse The Walking Man Turner


If you want to know who this Walking Man is listening today? It's Bob Marley's " I know a pale"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRldkrQX73s


Saturday, December 12, 2015

My list of shame! We should know their names, 2016 No justice, No Votes!

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My list of shame ESSA Congress and Senate Yea votes.
Yea votes equal can’t get my vote. No Justice, No Votes!

On January 8, 2002 President Bush with overwhelming bipartisan from both political parties votes to make No Child Left Behind that promised High Stakes testing in grades 3 to 8 and once in high school, would raise test scores, and have every child reading writing, and doing math at grade level.  5089 days later all children are not reading at grade level. Actually our high school students have not perform this poorly on the SAT in nearly four decades.
5089 days of pain and suffering with no results, and what did Washington DC decide to do?
On December 15, 2015?
A new president
with overwhelming bipartisan from both political parties sign into law “Every Student Succeeds Act” ensuring that high stakes testing the accountability focus of their legislation. 





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Congress vote for ESSA


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Vote
Party
Representative
State
Alabama
Yea
  R  
AL
Nay
  R  
AL
Alaska
Yea
  R  
AK
Yea
  R  
AK
Arizona
Nay
  R  
AZ
Yea
  R  
AZ
Arkansas
Yea
  R  
AR
Yea
  R  
AR
California
Yea
  D  
CA
Yea
  D  
CA
Colorado
Yea
  D  
CO
Yea
  R  
CO
Connecticut
Yea
  D  
CT
Yea
  D  
CT
Delaware
Yea
  D  
DE
Yea
  D  
DE
Florida
Yea
  D  
FL
No Vote
  R  
FL
Georgia
Yea
  R  
GA
Yea
  R  
GA
Hawaii
Yea
  D  
HI
Yea
  D  
HI
Idaho
Nay
  R  
ID
Nay
  R  
ID
Illinois
Yea
  D  
IL
Yea
  R  
IL
Indiana
Yea
  R  
IN
Yea
  D  
IN
Iowa
Yea
  R  
IA
Yea
  R  
IA
Kansas
Nay
  R  
KS
Yea
  R  
KS
Kentucky
Yea
  R  
KY




Vote
Party
Representative
State
Nay
  R  
KY
Louisiana
Yea
  R  
LA
Nay
  R  
LA
Maine
Yea
  R  
ME
Yea
  I  
ME
Maryland
Yea
  D  
MD
Yea
  D  
MD
Massachusetts
Yea
  D  
MA
Yea
  D  
MA
Michigan
Yea
  D  
MI
Yea
  D  
MI
Minnesota
Yea
  D  
MN
Yea
  D  
MN
Mississippi
Yea
  R  
MS
Yea
  R  
MS
Missouri
Nay
  R  
MO
Yea
  D  
MO
Montana
Nay
  R  
MT
Yea
  D  
MT
Nebraska
Yea
  R  
NE
Nay
  R  
NE
Nevada
Yea
  R  
NV
Yea
  D  
NV
New Hampshire
Yea
  R  
NH
Yea
  D  
NH
New Jersey
Yea
  D  
NJ
Yea
  D  
NJ
New Mexico
Yea
  D  
NM
Yea
  D  
NM
New York
Yea
  D  
NY
Yea
  D  
NY
North Carolina
Yea
  R  
NC
Yea
  R  
NC
North Dakota



Vote
Party
Representative
State
Yea
  D  
ND
Yea
  R  
ND
Ohio
Yea
  D  
OH
Yea
  R  
OH
Oklahoma
Yea
  R  
OK
Yea
  R  
OK
Oregon
Yea
  D  
OR
Yea
  D  
OR
Pennsylvania
Yea
  D  
PA
Yea
  R  
PA
Rhode Island
Yea
  D  
RI
Yea
  D  
RI
South Carolina
Yea
  R  
SC
Nay
  R  
SC
South Dakota
Yea
  R  
SD
Yea
  R  
SD
Tennessee
Yea
  R  
TN
Yea
  R  
TN
Texas
Yea
  R  
TX
No Vote
  R  
TX
Utah
Yea
  R  
UT
Nay
  R  
UT
Vermont
Yea
  D  
VT
No Vote
  I  
VT
Virginia
Yea
  D  
VA
Yea
  D  
VA
Washington
Yea
  D  
WA
Yea
  D  
WA
West Virginia
Yea
  R  
WV
Yea
  D  
WV
Wisconsin
Yea
  D  
WI
Yea
  R  
WI
Wyoming
Yea
  R  
WY
Yea
  R  
WY

Senate vote for ESSA:
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Vote
Party
Representative
State
Alabama
Yea
  R  
AL
Nay
  R  
AL
Alaska
Yea
  R  
AK
Yea
  R  
AK
Arizona
Nay
  R  
AZ
Yea
  R  
AZ
Arkansas
Yea
  R  
AR
Yea
  R  
AR
California
Yea
  D  
CA
Yea
  D  
CA
Colorado
Yea
  D  
CO
Yea
  R  
CO
Connecticut
Yea
  D  
CT
Yea
  D  
CT
Delaware
Yea
  D  
DE
Yea
  D  
DE
Florida
Yea
  D  
FL
No Vote
  R  
FL
Georgia
Yea
  R  
GA
Yea
  R  
GA
Hawaii
Yea
  D  
HI
Yea
  D  
HI
Idaho
Nay
  R  
ID
Nay
  R  
ID
Illinois
Yea
  D  
IL
Yea
  R  
IL
Indiana
Yea
  R  
IN
Yea
  D  
IN
Iowa
Yea
  R  
IA
Yea
  R  
IA
Kansas
Nay
  R  
KS
Yea
  R  
KS
Kentucky
Yea
  R  
KY



Vote
Party
Representative
State
Nay
  R  
KY
Louisiana
Yea
  R  
LA
Nay
  R  
LA
Maine
Yea
  R  
ME
Yea
  I  
ME
Maryland
Yea
  D  
MD
Yea
  D  
MD
Massachusetts
Yea
  D  
MA
Yea
  D  
MA
Michigan
Yea
  D  
MI
Yea
  D  
MI
Minnesota
Yea
  D  
MN
Yea
  D  
MN
Mississippi
Yea
  R  
MS
Yea
  R  
MS
Missouri
Nay
  R  
MO
Yea
  D  
MO
Montana
Nay
  R  
MT
Yea
  D  
MT
Nebraska
Yea
  R  
NE
Nay
  R  
NE
Nevada
Yea
  R  
NV
Yea
  D  
NV
New Hampshire
Yea
  R  
NH
Yea
  D  
NH
New Jersey
Yea
  D  
NJ
Yea
  D  
NJ
New Mexico
Yea
  D  
NM
Yea
  D  
NM
New York
Yea
  D  
NY
Yea
  D  
NY
North Carolina
Yea
  R  
NC
Yea
  R  
NC
North Dakota



Vote
Party
Representative
State
Yea
  D  
ND
Yea
  R  
ND
Ohio
Yea
  D  
OH
Yea
  R  
OH
Oklahoma
Yea
  R  
OK
Yea
  R  
OK
Oregon
Yea
  D  
OR
Yea
  D  
OR
Pennsylvania
Yea
  D  
PA
Yea
  R  
PA
Rhode Island
Yea
  D  
RI
Yea
  D  
RI
South Carolina
Yea
  R  
SC
Nay
  R  
SC
South Dakota
Yea
  R  
SD
Yea
  R  
SD
Tennessee
Yea
  R  
TN
Yea
  R  
TN
Texas
Yea
  R  
TX
No Vote
  R  
TX
Utah
Yea
  R  
UT
Nay
  R  
UT
Vermont
Yea
  D  
VT
No Vote
  I  
VT
Virginia
Yea
  D  
VA
Yea
  D  
VA
Washington
Yea
  D  
WA
Yea
  D  
WA
West Virginia
Yea
  R  
WV
Yea
  D  
WV
Wisconsin
Yea
  D  
WI
Yea
  R  
WI
Wyoming
Yea
  R  
WY
Yea
  R  
WY


Switching the testing hammer from the Feds to the States continues the reign of testing pain and suffering. It doesn't change anything in my humble opinion. Come election not one Yea vote for ESSA will get my vote. I know a sell out when I see, and ESSA is a sell out of America's children, teachers, and local public schools.
Silence and apathy are not acceptable, and neither is voting party lines for elected officials who have sold out our children,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner



Just in case you stood around to the very end, and are wondering what song this Walking Man listened to on his walk today...it Bruce Springsteen's " I'm on Fire" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJQgwqojirs