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Have you ever thought about starting your own school? No matter where you teach, every educator has imagined what it would be like if they were the ones running things.

After 27 years of teaching, Laurie Walters and three of her peers went out and did it - they started a...

March 1 (New York) — Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, released “Ready for Day One and Beyond,” an educator-written policy paper that reimagines how...

Read the entire article by Linda Conner Lambeck on the CT Post.

BRIDGEPORT — Freshman Sen. Dennis Bradley, D-Bridgeport, made a local pitch Monday for a bill aimed at compelling...

If your house is on fire, you call the fire department. So why don’t we call on educators when it comes to shaping education policy? As you know all too well, our voices are often overlooked when decisions are made that impact our students, schools, and profession. ...

Feb. 6 (New York City) — Educators for Excellence (E4E), a teacher-led organization, expressed their disappointment that the education issues teachers care about most were absent from President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address.

“It is frustrating that...

I am the granddaughter of a domestic and a seamstress, and the daughter of a financial services executive and a healthcare administrator. I am all of those things because of education.

My passion for education stems not only from the knowledge that it changed the...

Black students who have just one black teacher in elementary school are significantly more likely to graduate high school and attend college. Yet, the chance of a black student...

When I first heard the news that our beloved former Superintendent Dr. Michelle King passed away, I felt a tremendous loss. I immediately recalled one of our first meetings with her--I was accompanying a group of teachers who were looking to pitch our then-new superintendent on ideas for...

Last week, educators from across New York City came together to discuss why voting in the upcoming UFT leadership election matters so much.

Los Angeles educators have recently shown us the power of united voices demanding change for their students and profession. We believe that strong...

Read the entire article by Eliza Shapiro on the New York Times.

Four years ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushed through a plan to put New York at the forefront of a national movement to reshape American public education: He vowed that half of a...

January 31 (New York) — Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, celebrated the passage of A1715/S101A, which bans allowing teachers to carry guns in schools. Teachers largely reject proposals to arm classroom teachers, according to the...

Dear Massachusetts State Legislators, 

Students experiencing trauma should not be left to cope on their own, yet far too many Massachusetts schools aren't equipped with enough resources to meet students’ needs, especially in our most vulnerable communities. 

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E4E joined a letter with other 48 organizations in condemning the U.S. Department of Education's decision to rescind school discipline guidance implemented in 2014. We should be working to keep kids in class and reduce discrimination, not enable it.
 

January 24, 2019...