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Antonelli Mejia is a principal fellow in Boston Public Schools. He sat down with E4E-Boston to discuss what it’s been like leading a school through this difficult transition, and why he thinks more needs to be done to ensure educator and student voices...

Read the entire article by Brendan O'Brien on Reuters.

During a typical school day at Chicago’s Benito Juarez Community...

COVID-19 has shifted day-to-day functions, teaching included. But that hasn’t dissuaded Chicago educators from finding ways to collaborate. Educators for Excellence-Chicago teacher leaders have started leading weekly virtual spaces for other educators to share ideas. 

E4E member and...

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted everyone around the world, including E4E-Boston teachers. A group of educators that had been advocating for a more positive school culture in Boston Public Schools suddenly had to change course when schools closed and gatherings were cancelled. As teachers,...

New York City — our nation's largest school district — closed its doors on March 16 to students to combat COVID-19. Listen to E4E-New York teachers Christine Montera and Dan Gannon talk about what it was like to be a teacher the day before this decision was made.

Christine Montera...

It’s always been crystal clear to Ryan Brown, a seventh-grade math teacher in Bridgeport, Connecticut — one of the poorest cities in the state — that there are stark inequities among districts.

As a basketball and flag football coach for the city, Ryan travels to other districts...

Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut Executive Director Andréa Comer on the Hartford Courant.

A few hours after a Facebook friend asked me to sign a...

During this time of uncertainty and fear around COVID-19, we know you are concerned for your family, your students, their families, and our greater community. All of us at E4E are, too.

Along with presenting unprecedented challenges for educators, students, and families, this...

March 16 (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 tentative contract agreement: 

“I’m relieved that a compromise was reached that...

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...