Quick! Somebody microwave Bill Gates a bag of popcorn!

Fluff up Arne Duncan’s favorite pillow!

Get Chris Christie some Sour Patch Kids!

A lot of Sour Patch Kids!

Because the show is about to begin!

Coming Friday, March 6, I’ll be launching Badass Films.

This new venture is a division of the Badass Teachers Association (BATs). Your humble blogger is a member of the leadership team.

I’ve made 12 very short films about corporate school reform and the grassroots movement that fights against it.

They’re nothing fancy – just something I whipped up with imovie. But I hope they’ll help spread the message and get people up to speed on the damage being done to our school system by standardization and privatization. I also hope to shine a light on some of the amazing people out there – parents, teachers, students, and people of conscience – who are fighting against factory schools with all their might.

I already released this film called “Opt Out of Standardized testing:

Friday I’ll release the remaining 11.

Here are the working titles and a few mock movie posters made by our incredible BAT Meme Team:

COMMON CORE

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

CHARTER SCHOOL TREASURE HUNT

(Meme by Deb Escobar)

V.A.M. SHAM

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

SOCIAL JUSTICE

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

TEACH FOR AMERICA

(Meme by Deb Escobar)

TEACHERS UNIONS

(Meme by Deb Escobar)

TEACHER TENURE

(Meme by Deb Escobar)

PENSION THEFT

(Meme by Deb Escobar)

SCHOOL “CHOICE!?”

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

BADASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

(Meme by Lisa Smith)

I hope you’re as excited as I am! I always wanted to be in the movies! Move over, Orson Welles! Here comes a BAT with an ipad!

See you Friday at the movies! ^O^

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This article also was published on the Badass Teachers Association blog.