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Monday, February 5, 2024

Minnesota

Educators For Excellence

E4E-Minnesota celebrates 2024 Black History Month by spotlighting Black educators and uplifting their voices. In this post, we spotlight Tameika Williams, a Licensed Teacher and Education Pathway...

Friday, March 4, 2022

Minnesota

Paula Cole, Executive Director of E4E-Minnesota

On the precipice of a potential teacher strike initiated by the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, one issue lurks in the background–impending layoffs that will disproportionately affect...

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Minnesota

May 4, 2021

Dear members of the HF1065 conference committee,

On behalf of Educators for Excellence – Minnesota, I write to extend our support for several provisions found in both...

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Minnesota

Paula Cole, Executive Director of E4E-Minnesota

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

Educators for Excellence-Minnesota is proud to honor transgender and non-binary people on Trans Day of Visibility, which is held every year on March 31st. Today we celebrate you for your courage,...

Thursday, March 25, 2021

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Carlotta Pope, 11th-grade English teacher Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School

Elevating the teaching profession Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

I’m still absorbing all the incredible conversations from last night’s Educators for Excellence Voices from the Classroom to the White House meeting with teachers from across the country,...

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...

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 

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...

Thursday, December 17, 2020

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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

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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, September 11, 2020

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Funding schools equitably

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

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

Thursday, July 16, 2020

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Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

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Madaline Edison and Stacy Moore, Executive Directors, Minnesota and Chicago

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

Fact: we are two white mothers, raising two white boys. And although many would be right to say, don't make this about you, we also know it is incumbent upon us to reflect on how we show up in...

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Minnesota

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

Our city is facing unprecedented times, and we need to treat the centuries-long outbreak of anti-blackness and systemic racism within our law enforcement, our schools, and our neighborhoods with...

Friday, May 22, 2020

Minnesota

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

May is Teacher Appreciation Month, and one important way to appreciate educators is to shine a light on their work and elevate their voice. Distance learning has...

Friday, May 15, 2020

Minnesota

Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

May is Teacher Appreciation Month, and one important way to appreciate educators is to shine a light on their work and elevate their voice. Distance learning has...

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

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The Honorable Mitch McConnell  
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate       
The Capitol, S-230, Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Charles Schumer    

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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Monday, March 16, 2020

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Supporting the whole student in welcoming schools

During this time of uncertainty and fear around COVID-19, we know you are concerned for your family, your students, their families, and our greater community. All of us at E4E are,...

Thursday, March 5, 2020

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Elevating the teaching profession

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

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Deepening union engagement

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