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Monday, June 8, 2020
Boston
Sarah Iddrissu Executive Director, E4E-Boston
Like my mother, I do everything I can to provide my child with opportunity but find myself facing the insurmountable limitations and even lethal implications...
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Chicago
Minnesota
Madaline Edison and Stacy Moore Executive Directors, Minnesota and Chicago
Fact: we are two white mothers, raising two white boys. And although many would be right to say, don't make this about you, we also know it is incumbent upon...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Connecticut
Andréa Comer Executive Director, Connecticut
My husband is vigilant. He has to be. He’s a Black man - and a police officer.
Monday, June 1, 2020
Connecticut
Andréa Comer Executive Director, Connecticut
Like so many of you, the team at Educators for Excellence - Connecticut is reflecting on the systemic racism that has brought our country to this moment, but...
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Craig Wesley National Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness
It has now become routine and common practice to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the third Monday of January, however it was not always...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Chicago
”My students need systemic change, not incremental change,” said Shay Porter, an E4E-Chicago member and 3rd-grade teacher at Hendricks Elementary.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Minnesota
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...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
New York
E4E-New York hosted a teacher-moderated discussion with New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Chicago
E4E-Chicago hosted “In Class, Not Cuffs: A Chicago Town Hall” to show support for federal guidance designed to help teachers address discipline without...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Minnesota
Teachers Release Policy Paper With Recommendations to Ensure Students Have Equitable Access to an Excellent Education March 6 (St. Paul, Minnesota) — Educators...
Monday, March 5, 2018
Minnesota
Read the entire article on KMSP Fox 9 by Samuel King. Students of color and those with disabilities in Minnesota classrooms face a disproportionate amount of...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Connecticut
On April 20, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut hosted "Collaborate to Innovate," an event to unveil the new E4E Declaration of Teachers' Principles and...
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Los Angeles
For five years, Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles has been building a movement of rebels who agitate the status quo by advocating for the students within...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
National
Educators for Excellence Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Sydney Morris and Evan Stone share a moment with Education Post Executive Director Peter Cunningham following...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Los Angeles
Erica Silva is in her fifth year of teaching, and she currently teaches at Macy Intermediate School in the Montebello Unified School District. In this...
Monday, November 21, 2016
Los Angeles
Joshua Sensabaugh is a first-year teacher at Dodson Middle School, a magnet school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He is a Los Angeles native and...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
New York
Kristina Kelley is in her ninth year as a high school social studies teacher at Claremont International High School in the Bronx. In this conversation with E4E...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Los Angeles
Jen Su is in her third year with LAUSD and currently teaches special education at Wilshire Park Elementary School. In this conversation with E4E-Los Angeles...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Connecticut
“I am glad the Judge specifically highlighted that increases in educational funding for some towns like West Hartford has meant taking away millions from...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Los Angeles
Nandini Dev is in her 13th year of teaching and is currently working at Bell Senior High School. In this conversation with E4E-Los Angeles Outreach Directors...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Connecticut
E4E-Connecticut teacher Jill Harkins writes about the challenges she will inevitably face as a teacher in a school district that spends less than half of what...
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Los Angeles
E4E-Los Angeles member Christine Chiu reflects on racism, its impact on her teaching practice and the need for a more diverse teaching profession (Huffington...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Connecticut
Aida Berdiel-Batista works as a fifth- through eighth-grade special education teacher at Paul Laurence Dunbar in Bridgeport, CT. In this conversation with E4E...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Chicago
Educators 4 Excellence-Chicago teachers met on August 11, 2016 at the National Museum of Mexican Art. At the summit, teachers learned to build collaborative...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Connecticut
Several E4E-Connecticut teachers recently wrote a letter calling attention to the negative impact on teachers and students of low per-pupil spending in their...

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