Stopping Cyberbullying
What are your students saying to each other online? Teachers, administrators, and parents are working hard to combat bullying and improve school climate, but it can be hard to know…
8,000 Kids in Connecticut Stand to Be Hurt
The school experience of each and every child in our state matters, but the quality of 8,000 students’ experiences stands to be diminished if arbitrary budget cuts known as the…
Commissioner’s Memo on Flexibility of Evaluation System Implementation
The State Department of Education is giving districts flexibility in implementing the state’s educator evaluation and support system for the 2013-14 school year. Read the complete text of Commissioner of…
Workshops Support Teachers in Making Their Voices Heard: Sign Up Now
A Manchester teacher says she sometimes feels like she’s in her own little world in her classroom, but she now has a solution: come to a CEA workshop. Second-grade teacher…
Biden: “We Will Be Judged as a Society if We Do Nothing”
We will never be the same as we were before the tragedy in Newtown, Governor Dannel Malloy said this morning at a conference on reducing gun violence. “We have changed,”…
Witnessing History; Shaping the Debates of Our Time
The CEA Advisor will be arriving on your doorstep this week. Check out the issue (in print or online) to learn more about teacher evaluations, school funding, efforts to keep…
Potential & Pitfalls in Teaching Profession Bill: Read Testimony
There’s a move afoot at the state legislature to elevate the teaching profession. Proposed House Bill 6358, An Act Unleashing Innovation in Connecticut Schools, at this point is only a…
With Heavy Hearts Sandy Hook Families, Supporters Call for Safer Gun Laws
“Take a moment and think about the five people who are most important to you,” Jillian Soto told a crowd of 5,500 at the State Capitol in Hartford today. “What would…
Obama Calls on Nation to “Protect Our Most Precious Resource”
President Obama addressed a range of issues in his State of the Union speech last night, from the economy and jobs to Medicare to tax reform to immigration to education,…
Obama Likely to Address Early Education Tonight
President Obama will give his State of the Union address at 9:00 tonight, and Education Week and The Huffington Post are reporting he is likely to announce an investment in…