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ATTENTION ALL GOLFERS!
Make a difference in a child's life just by playing golf in the Connecticut Education Foundation's 19th annual Hand's Across the Green Golf Tournament at the Glastonbury Hills Country Club on July 8.
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TEAM Program Gets High Marks in Evaluation Report
The first formal evaluation of the TEAM program, conducted by an outside evaluator, gives it high marks for its positive impact on teacher induction, professional learning, and instruction.
NEWS AND HEADLINES
Latest Blog Posts
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Teachers Continue to Meet with Legislators
May 16, 2013
Educators from around the state have been meeting with their legislators this spring to talk about the issues that matter to them. One issue that continues to be of concern to teachers is funding for the Retired Teachers’ Health Insurance Fund. Teachers from Regional Hebron, Andover, and Marlborough (RHAM) High School met with their legislators […]
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Teacher of the Year Says Best Evidence of Good Teaching is Found in the Hearts and Minds of Students
May 15, 2013
“What all of us teach is understanding. Understanding of the world around us and the people in it,” Connecticut Teacher of the Year Blaise Messinger told delegates at the CEA Representative Assembly Friday night. Messinger, a former actor, both amused and inspired the nearly 400 educators. The Cromwell fifth-grade teacher encouraged educators to focus on […]
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CEA President Thanks Teachers for Commitment to Students
May 13, 2013
In her remarks before the CEA Representative Assembly this Saturday, CEA President Sheila Cohen reflected on some of the historical events that hold special significance for the Association. One is the Bridgeport teachers’ strike, which helped shape Connecticut’s binding arbitration law. She also did not hesitate to call attention to the efforts of the current […]
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CEA News
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Read the Current Issue of the HCR Reporter
This newsletter is intended to provide CEA members with legal perspectives on various human and...
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Teachers Need Appreciation and Action
This week has been designated as Teacher Appreciation Week, and Tuesday, May 7th, as National...
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Griswold 'Top Teacher' Finalist Wins Trip, Celine Dion...
Erin Palonen, a Griswold Middle School special-education teacher who is a finalist in the "Top...
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Members Attend Annual CEA/NEA Orientation
A group of 19 CEA members, 5 CEA officers and 4 staff participated in the 2013 CEA/NEA...
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PBS Teachers to Transition to PBS LearningMedia
On June 1, 2013, the resources you know and love in PBS Teachers will transition over to PBS...
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Teachers Need So-Called Tenure More Than Ever
Teachers need the opportunity to earn the status of tenure with procedures that protect good...
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Earth Day Curriculum Resources
Explore new and review familiar ways to live responsibly.
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Helping Children Cope With Crisis
In the wake of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, NEA has provided a series of resources for...
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Retired Teachers' Health Insurance Fund
The legislature's Appropriations Committee released its budget, which includes a 25% state...
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A Good Day for Children and Connecticut's Public...
Teachers praise legislative actions to keep students and public schools safe.
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Teachers Who Cheat Go to Jail
We are all horrified with the cheating scandal in Atlanta. While it was obvious that too many...
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The Spring Issue of The Beacon is Here
Check out the latest issue of our newsletter for CEA Retired Members.
Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund
CEA is collecting donations to the Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund through its charitable arm, the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF). CEF is a non-profit, charitable foundation that was established in 1991 to help teachers and children with extraordinary challenges.
Gifts collected will go towards the Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Connecticut and the creation of a bronze sculpture memorializing the heroism and sacrifice that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. For more about the fund, read the press release.
The Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund at UConn will help support the college costs for any siblings of those killed in the assault, the dependents of the adults who also lost their lives, as well as students currently enrolled at the elementary school, who are accepted to attend the University.
CEA has commissioned sculptor Marilyn Parkinson Thrall to create the sculpture and plans are to unveil it on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Donate Online
Teachers as well as the general public can make donations via credit card by clicking here.
Donate by Check
To donate by check, make the check out to Connecticut Education Foundation and mail it to the address below:
CT Education Foundation
Sandy Hook Memorial & Scholarship Fund
Capitol Place, Suite 500
21 Oak Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Support Resources
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Supporting Teachers and Students Impacted by Newtown Tragedy
CEA is working with AFT Connecticut, which represents teachers in Newtown, and with students, teachers, administrators, and families as they recover from this unimaginable tragedy.
Editorials and Articles
Courage At Newtown
Sandy Hook women died protecting children.
Standing as one as time passes
"No man is an island." What was true nearly 400 years ago when English poet John Donne scratched pen across paper is true today.
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Teachers as Professionals: Raising Public Awareness in TV Ad
Focus is on teachers as meaningful partners in collaborative decision making.
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Join us in Support of the Newtown Community
Donate to the Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund.
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Thank You for Your Advocacy
A collection of images and video from the two-day education reform rally at the State Capitol (April....
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Guidelines Aim to Improve Teacher Preparation
Apr 15 - News-Times
The state Board of Education adopted recommendations Monday aimed at developing stronger teacher preparation programs, calling them an interim step.
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New Members to be Named for State Education Board
Apr 15 - CT Mirror
The board charged with leading the governor's statewide education reforms has five vacant seats out of 11, which leaves them without its chairman and vice chairwoman.
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Griswold Woman Nominee in Top Teacher Contest
Apr 15 - Norwich Bulletin
Lisa Coe said it was the least she could do to pay back the teacher who changed her daughter's world "to something so incredibly positive."Erin Palonen, the Griswold special education teacher who worked with Coe's daughter Katie for seven years, was announced Friday as one of 12 semifinalists in a national Top Teacher contest run by the "Live with Kelly and Michael" daytime talk show. Coe was the one who nominated her, in a letter posted on the show's website.
Capitol Place, Suite 500 
Phone: 860-525-5641 
