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Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led organization, today celebrated the guidance from the U.S. Department of Education that Title IX protections extend to gender identity and sexual orientation.  

“I applaud the news that Title IX protects the LGBTQ+ community—it’s important to me...

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 classrooms or during the transition back to in-person. The problem was that when they received reopening...

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 has wide latitude about how to spend this money, and has created a task force that will embark on a listening tour...

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. While we have heard many of these stories, one group has consistently been left out: families where the...

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
Albany, New York 12234

Dear Commissioner Betty Rosa...

Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, reacted to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that there will not be a remote option when schools reopen in the fall. 

“While teachers would have liked to receive the news first, I applaud Mayor de Blasio's...

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...

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 legislation amends the education law to require the...

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 versions of the House and Senate education omnibus bills, HF1065 and HF1065, the First Unofficial...

Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles (E4E-Los Angeles), a teacher-led organization, today reacted to the decision to withdraw plans to extend the school year to make up for lost learning time and to maintain a regular 180-day school year.  

“Unfortunately, yesterday’s decision more than...

On April 12, 2021, Boston City Councilors Annissa Essaibi-George and Andrea Campbell held a hearing on summer learning and other options for addressing unfinished student learning from the pandemic. They invited E4E-Boston State Director Lisa Lazare to serve as part of an expert panel to kick...

Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-CT), a teacher-led organization, today commended the Appropriations Committee Chairs, Senator Cathy Osten and Representative Toni Walker, and all committee members who voted for including parts of...

Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led organization, reacted to the jury’s verdict today finding Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges — second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter — in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer.

“Today, we stand in solidarity...

If you are in need of a good laugh, you should watch the long-running improvisation show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” where comedians use audience suggestions to act out absolutely hilarious skits. The tagline of the show: “Where everything is made up and the points don’t matter.” 

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Several months after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, it’s clear that this day will continue to live in our collective mindspace, but how will students remember it?

Like many citizens, I was saddened and angered by those events. As a teacher, I thought about how my students might be...