See the ways in which E4E and its members are making headlines.
Public schools need funding, and they need it now
Monday, September 28, 2020
National, Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut member Keisha Sandy on the Hartford Courant. It was only four short years ago that Superior...
Community Discuss Racial Inequality, Opportunities for Progress In Hartford
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Connecticut
Read the entire article by Jamie Ratliff on NBC Connecticut. On Tuesday night, the mayor, police chief, city council president, and many others came...
Searching for grace while black and blue
Friday, June 19, 2020
Connecticut
Read the complete op-ed by E4E-Connecticut executive director Andréa Comer on the Hartford Courant. Twenty-two. That’s how old I was when Yusef...
Survey: 3 out of 4 teachers say pandemic will permanently change public education in CT
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Connecticut
Read the entire article by Linda Conner Lambeck on the New Haven Register. When schools reopen in the fall, classroom teachers want assurances both they...
More online learning during coronavirus crisis means we must close the technology gap
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut Executive Director Andréa Comer on the Hartford Courant. A few hours after a Facebook friend asked me to sign a...
Why we teachers are fighting to stay in the classroom
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut members Claudia Tenaglia and Julianne Cardoni on the Hartford Courant. Earlier...
Listen Up, Candidates: Most Teachers Feel Their Voices Aren’t Being Heard, New Survey Reveals
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York
Read the entire article by Mark Keierleber on the 74. As the Democratic presidential hopefuls release campaign promises to woo America’s K-12 educators — a...
Here's What Teachers Think About Training, Pay, Strikes, and Choice
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York
Read the entire article by Madeline Will on Education Week. About a third of teachers would go on strike over pay, a new survey finds. Yet despite frustrations with the…
'Can't pay their bills with love': In many teaching jobs, teachers' salaries can't cover rent
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
National, Connecticut
Read the entire article by Erin Richards and Matt Wynn on USA Today. In sunny Miami, bilingual elementary teacher Mari Corugedo has 26 years of experience, a...
Help teachers live in the cities and towns where they teach
Monday, June 3, 2019
Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed by Rob Vogelpohl on CT Viewpoints. When I decided to take time to travel after graduating college, I didn’t think I would end up discovering my...
If you build it they will come… and stay!
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed by Gage Salicki on CT Viewpoints. I began my teaching career in Hartford nearly three years ago, and for my entire tenure with Hartford Public Schools,...
Latest effort to boost minority teaching ranks proposed
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Connecticut
Read the entire article by Linda Conner Lambeck on the CT Post. BRIDGEPORT — Freshman Sen. Dennis Bradley, D-Bridgeport, made a local pitch Monday for a bill aimed at compelling...
TEACHER VOICE: Will students fail if teachers can’t make a living wage?
Thursday, January 17, 2019
National, Connecticut
Read the entire op-ed on The Hechinger Report by E4E-Connecticut member Lauren Lieberman. Pressured out of the middle class — is that what a master’s degree and 16 years of...
A path forward on school discipline in the shadow of Betsy DeVos’s dismantling of protections
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
National, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York
Read the entire op-ed on the Washington Post by Evan Stone, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Educators for Excellence; Cami Anderson,...
New Bridgeport teachers group calls for better "PD"
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Connecticut
Educators 4 Excellence-Connecticut released a policy plan this week, calling for a better, teacher-driven system for professional development (The Connecticut Post).