All Teacher-led Advocacy News

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Minnesota
Read the entire article on Minn Post by Erin Hinrichs. A few weeks ago, two former Minnesota teachers joined U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and other...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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E4E joined 42 other education groups in an open letter, calling on members of the House and Senate to reject the GOP tax bill. Among other concerning...
Friday, September 15, 2017
Connecticut
E4E Teachers: “Students’ futures should never hang in the balance.” September 15 , 2017 (New Haven, CT) – In response to the state’s ongoing budget impasse and...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
National
September 5, 2017 (New York) — Following the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Educators for...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Boston
August 25th, 2017 (Boston) — Today, Educators for Excellence-Boston (E4E-Boston), a teacher-led organization, commended the new Boston Teacher Union (BTU)...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Minnesota
August 23, 2017 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) — As part of a public comment period on Minnesota’s proposed plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Connecticut
August 8, 2017 (Bridgeport, CT) -- In partnership with the Department of Corrections, Educators for Excellence-Connecticut (E4E-Connecticut), a teacher-led...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Minnesota
Madaline Edison Executive Director, E4E-Minnesota
Check out the testimony of Madaline Edison, executive director of Educators for Excellence-Minnesota, gave to the Joint Education Committee of the Legislature...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Connecticut
Over the past month, more than 200 supporters wrote legislators using postcards to urge them to take action.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Connecticut
Teachers met with legislators to urge action on an equitable school funding formula.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Los Angeles
Adam Paskowitz Physics Teacher at Banning Academies of Creative and Innovative Sciences
On April 26, the Teacher and Student Success Act (AB 1220) secured approval from the California State Assembly's education committee. Check out teacher Adam...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Los Angeles
Teacher and Student Success Act would extend current time for California teachers to tenure from two to three years and implement professional development...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Minnesota
H.F. 890 would expand the Collaborative Urban Educator fund to address teacher shortage issues by recruiting and preparing teacher candidates of color March 28...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Los Angeles
On March 28, Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles members, Teach Plus members, and Assemblymember Shirley Weber held a "teach-in" in Sacramento in support of...
Thursday, February 2, 2017
National
Sydney Morris and Evan Stone Co-Founders and Co-CEOs
Educators for Excellence does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected or appointed office, but we do amplify the positions of our members. More than 91...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
National
Dear President Trump and members of the One Hundred-Fifteenth United States Congress, As educators and supporters, we care deeply about the safety of all...
Monday, January 16, 2017
Los Angeles
Original article on LA School Report by Ama Nyamekye. Twenty-two U.S. Senators will sit before Betsy DeVos on Tuesday morning and determine her qualifications...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Los Angeles
Jenny Denny
E4E-LA Member Sharon Taylor was nominated by her school to speak about Restorative Justice at the LA Unified Board of Education Meeting on November 15, 2016,...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Boston
Laura Brenner
E4E-Boston member Laura Brenner explains why providing more support to students dealing with trauma is such a timely issue for her classroom and urges fellow...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Connecticut
Teachers call for overhaul of the state’s school finance system in order to adequately, equitably and transparently meet all students’ educational needs
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Los Angeles
E4E teacher Christina Kim reflects upon her experience as an English learner in Los Angeles and the potential of California’s Proposition 58 on improving...
Friday, October 14, 2016
Connecticut
“I hope that the final decision ensures the best for all the students in Hartford, because that’s who it’s about,” said E4E-Connecticut teacher Leah Tarnowicz-...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Los Angeles
Misti Kemmer
E4E-Los Angeles member Misti Kemmer urges fellow teachers to tell Congress to increase Title II funding in its upcoming budget (E4E News Blog).
Friday, September 23, 2016
Los Angeles
E4E-Los Angeles member Linda Hoffman, a LA Unified teacher and former student, responds with concern to the news about the LA Unified Board of Education’s...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Los Angeles
The California State Board of Education recently adopted a new evaluation system for students and schools, and E4E-Los Angeles member Christine Chiu was among...

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