Teachers Hit the Links to Help Students
More than 200 Connecticut teachers, supporters, and CEA staff hit the links at Glastonbury Hills Country Club on July 17 as part of CEA’s largest fundraiser of the year to…
Teachers Tell Legislators: Under Proposed Budget, We Will Be Worse Off Today Than 10 Years Ago
In a packed room at the Raymond Public Library in East Hartford, more than 15 teachers from East Hartford and neighboring Manchester told their state legislators to pass a budget…
Educators Speak Out in Force at Budget Meetings
“We need more revenue, but we may also need to cut some spending, just not in education,” New London Board of Education member Peg Curtin told legislators last night at…
Education Coalition Presses for Fair, Transparent Funding Formula
“This is investing—investing in our state’s future and the future of our students,” said CEA President Sheila Cohen, describing a plan that would create a commission charged with pursuing an…
CEA Member Appreciation Days at the Yard Goats
The Hartford Yard Goats are excited to announce CEA Member Appreciation Days at the new ballpark! Come out to cheer on the home team and enjoy special recognition for CEA…
Growing Pains, Risks as Internet and Social Media Proliferate
From cyberbullying to sexual exploitation, students are particularly at risk from the rapid integration of digital technologies into everyday life. As more devices become Internet-enabled—24 billion by 2020, according to…
Join Team CEF in the 2017 Eversource Hartford Marathon
Teachers are in it for the long run and in it for the students. And nowhere is that clearer than in the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon, where teachers run, donate,…
Parents Criticize Governor’s Education Proposals in New CEA TV Ad
Parents from across the state are outraged over plans by the governor and some legislators to balance the state budget on the backs of their children and teachers. They are…
East Hartford Stands Strong for Public Education
“DeVos Wrong, East Hartford Strong!” That was the chant from more than 200 teachers, paraprofessionals, students, parents, and community members gathered on the front lawn of East Hartford High School…
Statement from CEA President Sheila Cohen on DeVos’s Attack on East Hartford Public Schools
Betsy DeVos’s attack on East Hartford Public Schools is alarming, demoralizing, and unwarranted—but not unexpected from a woman who is totally unqualified and unfit to serve as U.S. Secretary of…