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March 10 (New York) — Today, 12 teachers from Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, traveled to Albany to urge legislators to address the teacher diversity crisis in New York’s educator workforce. The teachers met with eight legislators...

Read the entire article by Andrew Ujifusa and Madeline Will on Education Week.

The U.S. Department of Education is moving forward with its proposal from a year...

As a woman of color leading a nonprofit, I am no stranger to mansplaining. As a male colleague explains, I stare. Blink. Smirk. I then wait for them to stop explaining something I already know and understand deeply. Then, I breathe to ensure my response is graceful enough as to not seem too...

Since she was a child, Liz Haela knew she wanted to be a journalist reporting on the Middle East as a homage to her heritage. With her mind set on the future, she put herself through college to this inevitable destiny. It was only once she became a journalist she realized this was just the...

Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut members Claudia Tenaglia and Julianne Cardoni on the Hartford Courant.

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February 21 (St. Paul) — Educators for Excellence-Minnesota (E4E-Minnesota), a teacher-led organization with more than 850 St. Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) union members, reacts to the decision to strike:

“The teachers I’ve talked with want to be in their...

Read the entire article by Simone Hardeman-Jones on Education Post.

As a Minnesotan, February is a signal that the warmth of spring is so close yet so far away (seriously,...

Some people use Tinder, or OkCupid, or even speed dating (well, maybe not speed dating) -- but for E4E-Boston members Christina Pressley, a kindergarten teacher, and Matt Clark, high school social studies teacher, a shared passion for advocating for vulnerable student populations is what...

February 10 (New York) — Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led organization, was again dismayed that President Trump’s 2020 proposed budget slashes education spending. 

“This budget sends the message that the Trump administration does not value educational justice for...

Even though she’s been at it for 25 years, serving as a school coordinator, kindergarten teacher, and holding union and school leadership positions in Los Angeles, Dr. Judith Angeles wasn’t always an educator. “My first job was when I was just a little girl, when my family...

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...

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...