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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...

Read the entire op-ed by E4E-Connecticut members Claudia Tenaglia and Julianne Cardoni on the Hartford Courant.

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February 21 (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 decision to strike:

“The teachers I’ve talked with want to be in their...

Read the entire article by Simone Hardeman-Jones on Education Post.

As a Minnesotan, February is a signal that the warmth of spring is so close yet so far away (seriously,...

Some people use Tinder, or OkCupid, or even speed dating (well, maybe not speed dating) -- but for E4E-Boston members Christina Pressley, a kindergarten teacher, and Matt Clark, high school social studies teacher, a shared passion for advocating for vulnerable student populations is what...