Arthur Everett, MSEd

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)