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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...

Black Lives Matter. 

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and so many more, were murdered by police and racism.

The recent string of killings of Black people did not receive the attention and swift justice that they deserve because we live in a society that...

"At once I paid down all my savings, and was soon afterwards able to complete the required sum, and my certificate of freedom was signed. It was the first of June, 1837…I put on my Sunday clothes and rode to Carmel…everyone was surprised to see me appearing in this manner on a week-day, but I...

My husband is vigilant. He has to be. He’s a Black man - and a police officer. 

As the events of the past few weeks have played out, I’ve watched people watching him, both in and out of uniform. I’ve always feared for his safety as a Black man, but there is a different level of...

Our city is facing unprecedented times, and we need to treat the centuries-long outbreak of anti-blackness and systemic racism within our law enforcement, our schools, and our neighborhoods with the same urgency that we have treated COVID-19. The direct relationship between our schools and our...

“One of the central tenets of queerness for me is about interrogating power, and insisting on liberation for all identities.”

That is how E4E-New York member and 8th-grade special education teacher Carson Chodos reflected on the importance of representation and liberation for all...