Search

10. Why Having a Teacher with Dreadlocks Matters

April 2019
In this post, high school social studies teacher MacArthur Cheek writes that "even though research has shown the benefits of...

“I love going to work because I don’t feel like I’m on one side of a divide and my students and their families are on another. We’re all doing the same work together and it’s always a good time.”

So says Patrick Synan, a reformed high school troublemaker now in his “fourth and...

November 26 (Boston) — Educators for Excellence-Boston (E4E-Boston), a teacher-led organization, applauds the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on its passage of the Student Opportunity Act. The $1.5 billion investment in public education includes a significant increase in funding...

November 19 (New York) — Tonight, 200 educators came together to demand that leaders in Albany, City Hall and their union answer the wake-up siren to diversify New York’s educator workforce. The educators are responding to...

To read the entire op-ed by E4E-Chicago member Devin Evans, visit the Hechinger Report.

I became a teacher because of the influence and mentorship...