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E4E-CT State Director Speaks on Mental Health Support in Schools
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Connecticut
Daniel Pearson, Executive Director E4E-Connecticut
Dear honorable members of the Public Health Committee and the Committee on Children. Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of SB2 and HB5001. My name is Daniel...
2022 Black History Month Wrap Up - E4E-Boston
Monday, February 28, 2022
Boston
This month, a powerful group of Boston leaders and educators gathered to celebrate Black History Month at E4E-Boston’s “We Are Black History” event. Throughout the celebration, speakers were asked to...
E4E-CT Organizer Ernest Bailey Speaks on Fully Funding Education at the Appropriations Education Subcommittee Hearing
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Connecticut
Ernest Bailey
Dear members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of fully funding education by expediting the ECS phase to coincide with the federal dollars running...
E4E-CT State Director Daniel Pearson Speaks on Fully Funding Education
Friday, February 18, 2022
Connecticut
Daniel Pearson, State Director, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-CT)
Dear Senator Osten, Representative Walker, and members of the Appropriations Committee My name is Daniel Pearson and I am the State Director for Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led nonprofit with...
Fully Funding Education at the Appropriations Ed. Subcommittee Hearing
Friday, February 18, 2022
Connecticut
Sara Kovack, Organizer
Dear members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of fully funding education by expediting the ECS phase to coincide with the federal dollars running...
Educators for Excellence-Connecticut Reacts to Governor Lamont’s Proposed Budget
Friday, February 11, 2022
Connecticut
Daniel Pearson, State Director, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-CT)
February 10 (Hartford, CT) — Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-Connecticut), a teacher-led organization, reacted to Governor Lamont’s proposed budget at the 2022 Connecticut legislative session on Wednesday. Lamont’s plan reduces funding...
Educators for Excellence Signs Joint Accountability Letter & National Teacher Leader Council Makes Public Comment
Monday, January 24, 2022
National
Educators for Excellence’s 2021 National Teacher Survey, a nationally representative survey of teachers across the country, found that nearly 70% of surveyed teachers advocated for use of assessments to identify...
A Message to Boston Educators from E4E-Boston’s State Director
Monday, January 10, 2022
Boston
Lisa Lazare, Executive Director, E4E-Massachusetts
Boston Educators, When I was a teacher, the first week back to school from winter break was always one of the toughest each year. It always took several days to...
Statement from E4E-LA on the arrival of Superintendent Alberto Carvahlo
Monday, December 20, 2021
Los Angeles
As an organization representing educators from the Los Angeles Unified School District, Educators for Excellence–Los Angeles is honored to welcome Superintendent Alberto Carvahlo to our city and excited to partner...
E4E-Boston Educators: We Need to Pass Inclusive Curriculum Legislation
Monday, December 13, 2021
Boston
Three months ago, E4E-Boston educators, staff, and partners testified in a virtual session of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education in support of inclusive curriculum legislation. Since that hearing, the...
Educators for Excellence signs Coalition for Teaching Quality Letter
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
National
As the House recently passed the Build Back Better bill, Educators for Excellence joined our partners at the Coalition for Teaching Quality to...
E4E-CT State Director Daniel Pearson speaks on ARP funding and needs in the classroom
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Connecticut
Daniel Pearson, Executive Director E4E-Connecticut
Educators for Excellence-Connecticut State Director Daniel Pearson spoke on Tuesday, November 16th at a ConnCAN event about the American Rescue Plan and how teachers would like to see recent federal...
Letter to Mayor-Elect of Boston Michelle Wu
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Boston
Lisa Lazare, Executive Director, E4E-Massachusetts
Mayor-Elect Wu, On behalf of Educators for Excellence Boston (E4E-Boston) I want to congratulate you on your historic election as Mayor of Boston. As State Director of a teacher-led nonprofit...
E4E-Boston Fights for Inclusive Curriculum at MA State House Hearing
Thursday, October 14, 2021
E4E-Boston is continuing to fight to pass The Racially and Culturally Inclusive Curriculum Act (H.671/S.304), which...
A Different Kind of “Student Teacher”
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Boston
Enkeleda Gjoni, High School Teacher
When you hear the term “student teacher,” usually what springs to mind is a college junior spending a semester in a classroom as part of their education major, slowly learning...
One Boston Educator's Thoughts on Returning for a Third COVID-Impacted School Year
Monday, August 30, 2021
Boston
Shirley Jones Luke, E4E Boston Educator
Shirley Jones Luke is an English teacher in Boston Public Schools. After 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the new school year in Boston starting soon, she gave...
E4E Teacher Board Members: We need our Unions to Lead
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Read our Vision for Unions As current classroom educators, we owe labor unions and particularly teachers unions a great debt for all they have won for us. Throughout history, unions...
Take Action for Universal Dyslexia Screenings
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
In a survey of over 400 New York educators, special services for unique student populations emerged as the top priority — and now we have the chance to help some...
E4E-Los Angeles Teachers Spearhead an Effort to Demand an Equitable Recovery for Students
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Los Angeles
Over the challenging past year of instruction, teachers in Los Angeles went above and beyond for their students, making sure that they received the best education possible whether in virtual...
E4E-Boston Testifies in Support of Bills to Reduce School Segregation and Increase Funding Equity in School Building Projects
Friday, June 11, 2021
Boston
Jake Resetarits, Managing Director of External Affairs at E4E-Boston
Testimony to the Massachusetts Joint Education Committee in Support of S.305 and S.306/H.577 My name is Jake Resetarits and I am a former 5th grade teacher who currently serves as...
Boston Teacher Perspectives: How Should BPS Spend Nearly $400 million in ARP Money?
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Boston
As part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) signed into law by President Joe Biden, Boston Public Schools (BPS) has received nearly $400 million in one-time funding. BPS...
E4E-Boston Convenes Spanish-Language Space for East Boston Educators and Parents to Collaborate
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Boston
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and parents have had to be in constant communication to ensure that the needs of every student are met in a constantly changing education landscape....
ARP NY Letter
Friday, May 28, 2021
New York
The Honorable Governor of New York State Andrew M. Cuomo NYS State Capitol Building Albany, New York 12224 Commissioner Betty A. Rosa New York State Education Department 89 Washington Avenue...
CSDE Public Comment on ARP ESSER Funding
Friday, May 21, 2021
Connecticut
Daniel Pearson State Director, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-CT) [email protected] (203) 313-0863 My name is Daniel Pearson and I am the State Director for Educators for Excellence - Connecticut, a teacher-led...
Memorandum in Support of Senate 1100 by Senator Liu Assembly 4689A by Assembly Member Sayegh
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
New York
The undersigned nonprofit organizations support A4689A/S1100 in order to support the development of effective Grow Your Own programs to increase teacher diversity in the state of New York. PROVISIONS This...