Arthur Everett, MSEd, is a social studies and special education teacher at a high school in Brooklyn, New York. During his 20-year tenure with the NYC Department of Education, Everett has helped create equitable schools committed to diversity and inclusion, high-quality materials, and rigorous academic instruction.
Everett received a prestigious U.S. Department of Education Classroom Teacher Ambassador Fellowship and was awarded the New York Governor’s Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award. He also became a National Education Association Global Learning Fellow. Everett is a national board member of the teacher advocacy organization, Educators for Excellence, and enjoys working with other educators to develop resources to improve student outcomes.
Everett earned a BA in organizational psychology and American civilization from Brown University and an MSEd in teaching students in urban settings from Long Island University.
Publications, media, and appearances
Learning should not be relevant or rigorous, it should be both (Ed Post, 2023)
If keeping great teachers in the classroom is important, invest in teacher development (Ed Post, 2020)
Teacher to teacher: What distance learning taught me about productive struggle (Understood)
National teacher survey launch livestream (Educators for Excellence, 2022)