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Syeita Rhey-Fisher (her friends call her “Sy”), a fourth-grade social studies teacher in Hartford, Connecticut knows the power of an amazing teacher.

“Growing up in the foster care system, I lived a lot of the challenges my students now face. My foster parents didn’t have the...

Minneapolis Public Schools is in the process of creating their strategic plan, dubbed the Comprehensive Design Plan, which seeks to improve outcomes for the districts' students. The Advancing Equity Coalition, a collection of community organizations and education advocates, seeks equity for the...

Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Boston member Catherine Kerr on the 74.

Numbers don’t lie. I learned this in the...

Read the entire op-ed by Rayna Acha, a student voice intern at E4E-Minnesota, on MinnPost.

Next year is my last in high school, and I have never had a teacher who looks like me — all...

To read the entire op-ed by E4E-Chicago member Latasha Mallory, visit the Education Post.

In a few short weeks, my classroom will be squirming with anxious excitement from a group...

The statistics on teacher diversity are quite stunning. More than 115,000 Black and Latino students go their entire K-12 education without ever having a teacher that looks like them in their school building. So where are our educators of color?

At a time when New York City, and other...

Read the entire article by Philissa Cramer on Chalkbeat.

A major change in New York City education leadership did not...

Students have complex identities which can be challenging for teachers to understand. Immigration status, something that is not visible, can be a stressor in some students lives. The current environment is inciting fear in undocumented Americans through mass deportations, a border wall, and much...

During her fifth year teaching middle school in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, Aisha Pervaiz’s mind started going blank. It happened while she was standing at the front of her classroom, during faculty meetings, and even in parent conferences. What Aisha didn't realize at the time...

Something huge happened this morning — and it was in large part due to the work of E4E members!

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the President and Congress on civil rights, released a major report this morning which...

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the President and Congress on civil rights, has released a major report which examines how federal laws and policies are failing to protect students of color and students with disabilities from...

Read the entire article by Yana Kunichoff on Chalkbeat.

Just two years out of high school, Leo Sanchez can easily recall the drowsy...

July 18 (New Haven) — Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-Connecticut), a teacher-led organization, congratulates Meriden Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Miguel Cardona, on his appointment as the state’s new education commissioner.

“Our state needs an...