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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...

November 18 (Boston) — Educators for Excellence-Boston (E4E-Boston), a teacher-led organization, is proud to announce that it has selected Sarah Ghermay as its new Executive Director.

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on President Trump’s decision to terminate DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

DACA has shielded hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, many of whom are our students and fellow...

Read the entire article by Reema Amin on Chalkbeat New York.

New York City schools employed a larger percentage of teachers of color...

Educators for Excellence hosted a briefing at the United States Capitol for Members of Congress and their staff on the urgent need to close the diversity gap between teachers and students.  Over 80 attendees heard directly from teachers, policy experts, and students about how the...

November 5 (New York) — After months of meetings with legislators and other education officials across the state, Educators for Excellence-New York (E4E-New York), a teacher-led organization, reacts to the release of the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) ...

As every new school year begins, there is a mix of emotions that teachers feel as they await their new crop of students: excitement, joy, pride, and the pluck required to get back in the game.

But many teachers also recognize a sense of frustration, in a large part because they...

To read the entire op-ed by E4E-Los Angeles Executive Director Jeimee Estrada, visit the LA School Report.

Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has...