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Ending Racial Discipline Disparities
This action guide from Minnesota teachers includes strategies to empower educators to improve behavioral outcomes and academic achievement for students of color.
Accelerating the Learning Curve
Minnesota teachers offer recommendations to recruit and retain more diverse teacher candidates and more adequately prepare teachers.
From the Classroom to Congress
It Takes a Village
New Haven teachers envision more positive school climates through better professional development, student empowerment programs, and deeper parent engagement.
Success for All
Hartford teachers recommend individualized support, more collaboration between teachers, and greater accountability to better serve unique student populations.
Climate Change
New York City teachers recommend a focus on non-punitive discipline approaches and expanded training on building positive school climates.
Investing in Our Future
Chicago teachers seek to improve professional development by including teacher guidance, aligning evaluation data with PD, and streamlining communication.
One School of Thought
Los Angeles teachers discuss the potential of the Common Core State Standards to transform the art and science of teaching and learning.
Teachers Talk Back: Syeita Rhey
In this conversation with E4E-Connecticut Outreach Director John Tucker, Syeita discusses teaching in the same city in which she grew up and the importance of being an active member in her union.
Paths for All
New York City teachers see parental engagement, more time to collaborate, and better resources for differentiation as ways to ensure USPs are served by Common Core.
Meaningful and Fair
New York teachers envision elevating tenure to be a meaningful professional milestone based on evaluation and ensuring fair and timely due process for all teachers.
Closing Gaps
Minnesota teachers developed recommendations to improve the state’s teacher workforce to be more diverse, culturally competent, and highly effective.
Reimagining Tenure
The legal debate on tenure, as raised by the California Vergara case, created momentum among educators to better define the prestige and protections within their profession.
Teacher voices on NCLB
As the debate on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) begins, teachers' voices have been missing. E4E-Los Angeles teacher Phylis Hoffman recently asked several colleagues for their views (Education Week's "Teaching While Leading" blog).
For states creating teacher policies, a suggestion: Talk to teachers
At E4E-Los Angeles teacher Jeff Austin's school, English teachers use a "Japanese model" where they teach one day, then collaborate, assess, work one-on-one with students, and complete other tasks the next day (Education Week's Teaching Ahead blog).