Last night Atlanta teachers did what they always do, they came through for parents

Last night while Washington DC drank champaign and made much to do about nothing with President Obama's State of the Union, hundreds of children and their teachers slept in classrooms, gyms, stayed on buses, and school libraries. Ed reformers were not there, but teachers were.
Via Stephanie Lavender Weber on Facebook:  "I am spending the night in my building with about 70 middle school students and 20 some faculty because the ice/snow has shut down this north Georgia county. Our busses couldn't continue and the parents can't get through the roads. We "dismissed" early at 1:00, but it really meant nothing without busses. We have even cooked for them."
Above is an image of what educators do, below is the image of what DC politicians do.

Evaluate that DC Ed Reformers! 
Still marching,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner 

Want to know what the Walking Man listened to on his walk on this cold, cold day...it Pete Seeger's Snow, Snow, Snow....http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIUl_uhSfk0Af.n7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTB2Y3ZuNzNzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDVjE0NgRncG9zAzI-?p=pete+seeger+let+it+snow+song&vid=073392aa49f3eeb29db8cd51149447f1&l=2%3A53&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4685896462042371%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Db5cRHlzab60&tit=Pete+Seeger+-+Snow%2C+Snow&c=1&sigr=11a5rbiuq&sigt=10ooff7eh&age=0&&tt=b

A Walking Man Response to the President's State of the Union

President Obama said about education: "It requires everything from more challenging curriculums and more demanding parents to better support for teachers and new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test. But it's worth it - and it's working."

My Walking Man response, it's not working, and your Secretary of Education is all about filling in bubbles on high stakes testing, and closing our local schools. The Senate, Congress, and the White House are what is not working!
Our children and their teachers are not data points. We reject your Common Core, your new teacher evaluations, your school closings, your fake school choices, and we are coming to Washington DC this July to demand an end to high stakes testing, the Common Core, and the resignation of Secretary Arne Duncan.
See you in July Mr. President,
Jesse The Walking Turner 
If you want to know what the Walking Man is listening to tonight it's Barry Lane Jesse Turner Walkin man.
http://barrylane.bandcamp.com/track/jesse-turner-the-walkin-man

I went up to the moutain, because you told me to

http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2013/082313turner.cfm
I plan to honor Dr. Martin Luther King not just his holiday, but everyday,
I plan to honor Dr. King by rejecting the status quo,
I plan to honor Dr. King by being a radical for justice,
A radical for hope,
A radical for equality,
A radical against injustice,
A radical for peace,
A radical for love,

I plan to honor Dr. King by marching for children, teachers, and our public schools,
I plan to honor Dr. King by rejecting the reduction of children to data points,
I plan to honor Dr. King by continuing the war on poverty,
I plan to honor Dr. King by marching in Selma in March,
Marching to Hartford in April,
Marching in Washington DC in July,
I will honor Dr. King not by remembering him, but with radical actions against justice denied,
Ain't nobody gonna turner me around.
Still marching,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

 If you want to know what the Walking Man listened to on his cold winter walk over the mountain. It was Patty Griffin's  honoring Dr. King with "I went up to the mountain." http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_961824&feature=iv&src_vid=WA6Q5-Ap3o8&v=F8ZC8VZLk54