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Educators for Excellence-Chicago Reacts to CTU Election
May 18 (Chicago) - Educators for Excellence-Chicago (E4E-Chicago), a teacher-led organization, congratulates Jesse Sharkey on his election as Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President.
“Congratulations to President Sharkey. We look forward to collaborating with him to...
We Can Do Better Than Just Thanking Teachers With Free Coffee and Donuts
Read the entire op-ed by E4E Co-CEOs Evan Stone and Sydney Morris on Education Post.
One Teacher Appreciation Week years ago, we each remember being thrilled to find letters...
The Bulletin Board: Inequitable School Funding
Strong Unions Need Strongly Informed Voters and Turnout
April’s mayoral runoff election was one of the lowest voter turnouts in Chicago’s history. This is surprising -- and discouraging -- given the list of serious issues confronting our city. How can...
The Best Way to Truly Recognize Teachers
Near the end of our second year of teaching at our public elementary school in the Bronx, our principal slipped a letter into each of our mailboxes thanking us for everything we had done for our school community and our students. As we each read these letters in our own classroom, we were both...
Top 5 education issues to watch at the legislature this week
Educators for Excellence-Boston Reacts to Naming of Brenda Cassellius as Superintendent of Boston Public Schools
May 1 (Boston) — E4E-Boston, a teacher-led organization, congratulates Dr. Brenda Cassellius on her selection as the next Superintendent of Boston Public Schools. In a survey last fall, over 500 E4E-Boston educators expressed their hope that the new superintendent would have previous classroom...
Letter to Boston Superintendent-Designate Brenda Cassellius
Dear Superintendent-Designate Cassellius,
Congratulations on your selection as the next Superintendent of Boston Public Schools!
I am excited to introduce you to Educators for Excellence Boston (E4E-Boston). My name is Brandy Fluker-Oakley, and I serve as...
Chalk Talk: Monica Johnson
Most people just about fall asleep when the topic of school funding comes up. It's not a sexy issue and there are a lot of nuances to understand. But for Monica Johnson, a teacher who has been working with Minnesota’s most underfunded kids for 22 years, it's what keeps her awake at night....
Ending the Shortage of Black Male Teachers in New York
Read the entire op-ed by E4E-New York member Ashley Toussaint on Gotham Gazette.
Every day I stand in front of my classroom, filled with black and brown faces, intensely aware...
E4E-Minnesota Joins the Solutions Not Suspension Coalition and Signs Joint Letter on Non-Exclusionary Discipline
E4E-Minnesota educators have consistently prioritized the issue of racial disparities in school discipline as a top advocacy issue. Non-exclusionary discipline practices help to increase student learning time by keeping them in the classroom. For this reason, E4E-Minnesota joined the Solutions...
Memo to Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot & the Education Transition Committee
TO: Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot & the Education Transition Committee
FROM: Educators for Excellence-Chicago
Initiative: Work hand-in-hand with educators to shape and implement policies that set students and teachers up for success in...
Educators for Excellence-Boston Teachers Speak Out on BPS Superintendent Search
April 17 (Boston) — Following today’s announcement of the three finalists for Superintendent of Boston Public Schools (BPS), E4E-Boston, a teacher-led organization, calls for the final selection process for the BPS superintendent finalists to be transparent, to include robust...
Why Having a Teacher with Dreadlocks Matters
I've got a story for you.
A group of suburban students came to visit our urban school in Bridgeport. One of the students rushed up to tell me she loved my hair because I had dreadlocks and so did she. She had never seen a teacher with dreads before. She probably hadn't seen many,...
Minnesota Educators Take the Leap!
On a chilly night in February, sixteen educators graduated from E4E’s inaugural Leadership for Equity in Action Pipeline program. That evening marked the culmination of...