UPDATE: Former TFA Corps Members Planning TFA Protest in Chicago Schools Matter: Why I Am Going to DC April 4-7

Schools Matter: Why I Am Going to DC April 4-7:

Former TFA Corps Members Planning TFA Protest in Chicago

by Jim Horn

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Why I Am Going to DC April 4-7

by Jim Horn

I am coming to ODOE2 to remember and honor so many who cannot come and for so many of the forgotten victims of high stakes standardized testing.

I am coming to DC for that Louisiana 4^th grader in 2002 whose heart could be heard pounding across the desk by the teacher who had to tell him he would be in the 4^th grade for the third time because he didn’t pass the state test.

I am coming to DC for that other 4^th grade child who scooted from his wheelchair and hid under the bed, for god’s sakes, because he was ashamed to tell his mother he had failed the test again.

I am coming to DC for unknown numbers of the kids who have hurt themselves because a test labeled them as failures.

I am coming to DC for those in prison who learned failure at an early age by high stakes testing.

I am coming to DC for the parents who attended all the “Lean on Jesus” test prep prayer meetings hoping for a miracle.

I am coming to DC for the tens of thousands of teachers and principals whose