ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

You can help alleviate the growing problem of childhood hunger by holding a Working Together to Feed Families Food Drive in your local association.

Teachers frequently need outside funding to innovate and address equity, purchase classroom resources, and engage in meaningful professional development. The NEA Foundation has grants available to current NEA members to help.

Get your choice of discounted seats to the UConn vs. Yale game, and bring up to three guests with you to the Teacher Tailgate Tent beforehand.

Around Connecticut, CEA members are running for seats on their Board of Education and Town Council. Learn about who they are and why they’re running.

Enter the Read Across America Sweepstakes to win diverse books for every classroom in your school.

September saw multiple incidents of vandalism in schools around Connecticut attributed to a challenge circulating on TikTok. October’s new, potentially violent challenge is “Slap a Teacher,” and a list of future challenges that are harmful to students and teachers and disruptive to schools is circulating online.

Millions of Americans miss out on the opportunity to vote every year because they don’t meet deadlines or don’t know how to register. National Voter Registration Day attempts to right this wrong and make sure every person who is eligible to vote and wants to do so is registered.

Beginning today, public school staff members who are not fully vaccinated must submit to weekly testing unless they qualify for a temporary waiver on the basis of having had COVID-19 within the prior 90 days. Please note that educators hired before Sept. 27 who choose weekly testing over vaccination do not have to apply for…

Missed any of CEA’s Mindful Mondays? There’s still time to register for live sessions and catch up on previous ones.