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Chalk Talk: Tyrell Adeyemi

If we learn anything from this pandemic, E4E-Boston member and high school English teacher Tyrell Adeyemi says, it’s that we all need to feel supported and seen. That includes students that have been dealing with fear and trauma related to illness, family job loss, and police violence.

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Educators for Excellence-New York Reacts to New York City Budget

June 30 (New York City) — Amid weeks of city-wide protests for the reallocation of City funding, E4E-New York, a teacher-led organization, expressed their disappointment in budget cuts to education and student supports. 

"My students need more mental-health and academic...

Juneteenth: A Celebration and Call to Action

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...

Educators for Excellence Celebrates Supreme Court Decision on DACA

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...

"Mama"

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...