Our children need our advocacy more than ever before. While teachers have always been passionate champions for their students, 2018 was a year when they demanded that our leaders listen to them. We have seen first-hand how NOT listening has had serious consequences for our nation’s children. The truth is that teachers are fighting daily against a system of education policies forced on schools by non-educators that does more to add trauma to children’s lives than to reduce it. Teachers are witnesses and first responders to the harm that is being caused. 

Source: Badass Teachers Association Blog: Protect the Mental Health of Students and Teachers