Educational Gifts for Kids
Still need holiday gifts ideas for the children in your life? Most families welcome passes to museums, zoos, and aquariums, or gift cards or money towards lessons and activities. If…
Five Ways to Save This Holiday Season With CEA and NEA Member Benefits
As you prepare for the holidays, don’t forget the great savings that come with CEA and NEA membership. Below are just some of the discounts you can enjoy. For complete…
Important New Research into How Early Experiences Shape Our Brains
Educators have long been aware of the effects of poverty, chronic stress, and malnutrition on their students, but until recently there wasn’t a scientific explanation for how early circumstances shape…
Teachers Excited About More Time With Students
Schools in East Hartford, Meriden, and New London will have a longer school day and/or year, thanks to a new national initiative. You can read more about the initiative from…
Reframing Bullying: A Paradigm Shift for Improving Schools
Want to improve your school’s climate? Stop focusing so narrowly on “bullying.” That was the advice Stan Davis, anti-bullying expert and retired school counselor and family therapist, had for teachers…
Cooking Up a New Approach to School Funding
If you’ve been hoping to learn just what the state task force on school funding will forward to the full General Assembly, you’ll have to wait a little longer. While…
Teachers of the Year on Why Recognition Matters
This weekend over 100 teachers around Connecticut will be talking about an inspiring ceremony that honored them for their commitment to their students and school communities. At last night’s ceremony…
Task Force Considers New Formula for Funding Education
The committee charged with developing recommendations to change how the state distributes education funding met yesterday to consider a new formula it may recommend in its final report. The Education…
Hurricane Sandy Shows Teachers to Be a Special Breed
Teachers are education professionals. They’re also caring individuals whose concern for their students and communities seems like a 24/7 job. Add to that mindset a disaster like Hurricane Sandy, and…
Reactions to New School Lunches at Your School?
The new federal school lunch standards rolled out this September have drawn protests and boycotts from high-schoolers, and there are reports that children of all ages are dumping their veggies.…