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.

Support Resources

• 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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  The Serious Risks of Rushing New Teacher Evaluation Systems

  May 23 - Washington Post

  Increasingly we are hearing concerns from educators that new education reforms are being rushed, including the Common Core State Standards. At the same time, new teacher evaluation systems are being put into place as well.

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  Protests Fail to Deter Chicago From Shutting 49 Schools

  May 23 - New York Times

  Officials here in the third-largest district in the country voted Wednesday, after an emotional meeting, to close 49 public schools that they said were not being fully used. The decision, passed overwhelmingly by the Chicago Board of Education, came after weeks of contentious public hearings that brought more than 34,000 people out to oppose the school consolidation plan at dozens of meetings across the city.

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  Union Files Complaint Against Bridgeport's Superintendent

  May 21 - CT Mirror

  The state's largest teachers' union has filed a complaint against Bridgeport, the state's largest school district, claiming the superintendent is shutting out teachers and parents from important decisions.