School Choice
These Teachers Are Not Here for Betsy DeVos But If Confirmed, They Want Her to Listen
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 percent of Educators for Excellence (E4E)...
Achievement Gap
I'm Frustrated by the Way Education Reformers Talk About Race and Social Justice
On January 25, I had the honor of sitting on one of two panels on “Race, Social Justice and Education Reform,” co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and the NewSchools Venture Fund. ( See...
Achievement Gap
Our High Schools Can't Afford To Ignore These Mediocre PISA Scores
I recently spoke to a handful of young women at a high school in North Carolina who had taken an international test that is getting a lot of attention—the Programme for International Student...
Diversity
Congratulations on Being a Good Person, But That Doesn't Excuse Racism.
Dear America, We must do better. After too many highly-publicized murders of Black men at the hands of police, I am reminded of how much further we have to go as a country. How many times will we as...
Special Education
Guess What, Equity and Equality Are Not the Same Thing
Two years ago in an Education Trust article, Blair Mann outlined the difference between equity and equality when it comes to student funding and why they are not equal. Should per student funding at...
Poverty
NAACP, Don’t End Up on the Wrong Side of History
The NAACP has always stood for hope, promise, equality and a brighter future. But now it stands in the way of those very things. A proposed moratorium on charter schools is putting the NAACP at odds...
