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Read the entire op-ed by E4E staff member Brielle Welch on Citizen Ed.

Though I might receive a strongly worded text about this opening line, my mom was born two...

July 9 (New York) — Educators for Excellence (E4E), a teacher-led organization, released the following statements about potential school reopenings, in light of recent comments from...

June 30 (New York City) — Amid weeks of city-wide protests for the reallocation of City funding, E4E-New York, a teacher-led organization, expressed their disappointment in budget cuts to education and student supports. 

"My students need more mental-health and academic...

June 25 (New York) — Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, stands with the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and white supremacy. E4E teachers demand New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) leaders take the...

Read the entire article by Jamie Ratliff on NBC Connecticut.

On Tuesday night, the mayor, police chief, city council president, and many others came...

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...

As an eighth-grade social studies teacher, E4E-New York member Michael Simmon often discusses injustice with his students--including the structures and systems that create an unequal playing field for Black students and educators.

Michael says that an important responsibility of...

June 18 (New York) — Educators for Excellence (E4E), a teacher-led organization, celebrates the Supreme Court’s ruling today against the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thereby ensuring nearly 800,000 Dreamers can...

Read the entire article by Milton J. Valencia and Meghan E. Irons on the Boston Globe.

Amid a nationwide movement to reform police policies, local officials and community activists...

June 11 (Boston) — Educators for Excellence-Boston (E4E-Boston) stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the global uprisings against police brutality, white supremacy and anti-blackness. Boston Public School (BPS) students are enduring a global pandemic within a racial...

I was 11 years old and my family and I were driving to an amusement park for the first time. My brother, cousin and I noisily discussed our exciting plans and dared each other to take the scariest roller coaster ride. Once we got there, it felt so magical.

A few hours later, my uncle...

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...

June 5 (Hartford) — On Friday, June 5, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut reacted to the news that the Hartford Teachers Together slate had secured all leadership positions in the Hartford Federation of Teachers Union election. The Hartford Teachers Together platform...

Read the entire article by Javeria Salman on the Hechinger Report.

After schools switched from physical instruction to remote learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,...

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 this moment. We are raising our boys in a country that awards us and them immense privileges at the...