Preparing the Classroom for the Youngest Learners
With only a couple of weeks left before many Connecticut schools are back in session, teachers are preparing their rooms and assembling the supplies they’ll need to welcome children back…
11 Back to School Resources for Teachers
There are just a few short weeks of summer left before educators and students will find themselves back in the classroom. To prepare, check out the tips, strategies, and ideas…
Unique Learning Experiences for Teachers in Mystic
More than a dozen Connecticut Teachers of the Year (TOY) wrapped up a three-day trip to the Mystic Seaport today. The TOY finalists and semi-finalists were not vacationing, but learning.…
No Time to Lose—New Test Committee Must Get to Work
Connecticut’s new Mastery Examination Committee—created in June by lawmakers to examine the state’s eight-hour, standardized SBAC test for third through eighth graders—should convene as soon as possible to get assessment…
Superintendent Says SBAC Suffers from Credibility Crisis
“Sadly, too many teachers have been trapped in mindless data exercises that irresponsibly neglect the story behind the numbers, turning children into faceless numbers,” Madison Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Scarice…
CEA Members Learning, Supporting, Connecting
To become the best teacher you can be you need time to engage with quality professional learning, make connections with fellow educators, and receive support from your teaching colleagues. Every August…
Connecticut Teachers Urged to Continue to Speak Out to Get ESEA Right
NEA Government Relations Director Mary Kusler told Connecticut teachers gathered this morning for the start of the CEA Summer Leadership Conference that the Congressional Conference Committee finalizing an overhaul of federal…