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It was 2011 and I was a poet turned teacher turned activist who was flirting with a career in academia. I was working on a graduate thesis about this inherent contradiction in public education: If all the researchers and reformers agree that teachers are the most influential in-school variable...

On March 22, 2019, the Massachusetts Joint Education Committee held a day-long hearing on overhauling how the state funds its schools. The legislators on the Committee sought community input on the numerous bills currently being debated, all of which have slightly different approaches to...

On March 14, the Minnesota House held a hearing on eliminating the use of suspensions and expulsions in pre-k programs, House File 1785.

E4E Minnesota member Amy Eelkema, a 20-year special education teacher and now a consultant for St. Paul Public Schools, shared her insights as a...

When you reflect on your first year as an educator, what is one thing you wish you’d been ready for on day one in your classroom?

As you know all too well, new educators are expected to meet the needs of increasingly diverse classrooms, but inadequate preparation and poorly designed...

On March 4, the Minnesota House held a hearing on House File 1329, a bill that would create an opaque teacher licensing system that shuts out many teachers of color. E4E-Minnesota...

Read the entire op-ed by Gage Salicki on CT Viewpoints.

I began my teaching career in Hartford nearly three years ago, and for my entire tenure with Hartford Public Schools, I have chosen to...

Read the entire article by Madeline Will on Education Week.

Once again, President Donald Trump's budget proposal has eliminated the $2.1 billion Title II grant program that...

Governor Tim Walz
130 State Capitol
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Sen. Carla J. Nelson, Chair, Senate E-12 Finance & Policy
3235 Minnesota Senate Building
St. Paul, MN 55155

Rep. Cheryl Youakim, Chair, House...

March 11 (New York) — Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led organization, was again dismayed that President Trump’s 2020 proposed budget cuts $8.5 billion in education spending.

“It’s incredibly frustrating to see our President attempt to slash funding for teacher...

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. ...