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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Los Angeles

While Los Angeles Unified School District recently announced a tentative plan to reopen schools, the past year of distance learning has created well-documented learning gaps for Los Angeles...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Minnesota

Dear Chair Richardson and members of the House Education Policy Committee,

On behalf of Educators for Excellence - Minnesota (E4E), a teacher-led nonprofit with approximately 2,300 members...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Minnesota

Good afternoon Chair Chamberlain, Senator Torres Ray, and members of the Senate Education Committee,

Thank you for allowing me to testify in support of Senate File 1048, a bill that will...

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Connecticut

On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, E4E-Connecticut State Director Daniel Pearson testified to the Connecticut Education Committee in support of SB 948: An Act Addressing Education Funding and Racial...

Monday, March 1, 2021

Minnesota

Creating a diverse, high-quality teacher pipeline

On March 1, 2021, E4E-Minnesota Executive Director Paula Cole testified to the Minnesota House Education Policy Committee about 

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

National, Connecticut

Robert Jaycox, Math Teacher at Bulkeley High School

As Dr. Cardona prepares to meet the Senate to answer questions, he’s repeatedly had to answer the questions of an even tougher group: Connecticut’s teachers. Right now, the nation faces a...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Minnesota

Dear Members of House and Senate Education and Higher Education Committees,

We write to express support for the 2021 Increase Teachers of Color Act (HF217). When signed into law, this...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Minnesota

On January 20, 2021, E4E-Minnesota Executive Director Paula Cole testified to the Minnesota Policy Committee in support of House File 4 and on the importance of teacher diversity.

Thank...

Monday, January 25, 2021

Chicago

Stacy Moore, Executive Director, E4E-Chicago

Earlier this month, I wrote a piece in the Chicago...

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

National

Education is the heart of a functional democracy. In our schools we teach that elections and the peaceful transfer of power are sacred and defining characteristics of our nation. What we saw today...

Thursday, December 17, 2020

National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York

Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence is a growing movement of over 33,000 educators, united around a common set of principles and beliefs for improving student learning and...

Friday, November 6, 2020

National, Minnesota

Christopher Baatwiwiitan Oquist

Back in sixth-grade,  I remember learning about colonization — but not just through the routine paragraph in a history textbook that tried to comprehensively describe, in only a few sentences,...

Friday, October 23, 2020

Connecticut

Watch this short video outlining why teacher diversity and culturally responsive teaching is critical to improving education in...

Thursday, October 8, 2020

National, Chicago

“He couldn’t stop smiling ear to ear when he saw his name changed from his birth name Veronica* to Ethan*,” said Bryan Meeker, E4E-Chicago member, and high school biology instructor, as he...

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

New York

Creating a diverse, high-quality teacher pipeline

E4E-New York member Jasmine Byrd testified in support of a bill to collect data on teacher diversity and retention. The bill is based on a policy recommendation in our 2019 report, ”

Friday, September 11, 2020

National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York

Funding schools equitably

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

National, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles

Funding schools equitably

No matter what ‘back to school’ looks like, teachers can agree that education won’t look the same anytime soon. And wherever teachers’ classrooms are, they’ll need more resources to...

Friday, September 4, 2020

National

Evan Stone, Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Funding schools equitably

In 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed an act creating Labor Day in an attempt to apologize to American workers and labor unions after federal troops, sent in to break up a...

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

“So many things are unknown, making it difficult for teachers to know how to prepare. We’ll still be building the plane as we’re flying.”

As a high school English teacher and...

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Los Angeles

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

For four years, E4E-Los Angeles has been celebrating Rebel Educators who agitate the status quo by advocating for students within and beyond their classroom walls. The Rebel award is the highest...

Thursday, July 23, 2020

National, Minnesota

Creating an anti-racist learning environment where all students can thrive doesn’t happen overnight. Educators around the...

Monday, July 20, 2020

National

Creating a diverse, high-quality teacher pipeline

By Simone Hardeman-Jones, E4E Director of Policy and Partnerships, and Eric Duncan, EdTrust P-12 Data and Policy Senior Analyst, Educator Diversity

The Education Trust...

Thursday, July 16, 2020

National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Boston

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

If we learn anything from this pandemic, E4E-Boston member and high school English teacher Tyrell Adeyemi says, it’s that we all need to feel supported and seen. That includes students that...