New London Day: Don’t Scapegoat Teachers
The New London Day ran an editorial yesterday about CEA’s reform plan, A View from the Classroom: Proven Ideas for Student Achievement. Don’t scapegoat teachers By Paul Choiniere Publication: The…
New Framework for Teacher Evaluations
A council working to develop new educator evaluation guidelines reached favorable consensus today on a basic framework that will meet the needs of Connecticut teachers. CEA has been a strong…
Still Time to Sign Up for a Reforum
CEA members are packing hotel conference rooms across the state as they participate in reforums that give them opportunities to learn, talk, and plan for their legislative advocacy roles in…
ECS Task Force Approves Interim Report
Members of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force studying state education funding today voted on an interim report to present to the governor before the start of the legislative…
CEA Supports Teachers’ Spouses Eligibility for Retirement Benefit
CEA is calling for a legislative remedy to ensure that the surviving spouse of a retirement-eligible teacher who dies would automatically be offered pre-retirement Plan D, even if the spouse…
Governor Calls Education Reform ‘Great Issue of Our Time’
Governor Dannel P. Malloy told a room full of education advocates and leaders that education reform is the “great issue of our time,” and “We must invest in early childhood…
Helping Students Succeed by Listening to Teachers
On January 3, CEA released an education plan that includes reforming the teacher evaluation process and replacing tenure with a streamlined dismissal process for underperforming teachers. At a news conference…