February Deals & Discounts from NEA Member Benefits
NEA Member Benefits offers a wide range of deals and discounts for NEA members. Highlighted offers this month include $20 off tax preparation from H & R Block and 20%…
Groundhog Day Resources for the Classroom
On February 2, Punxsutawney Phil will see or not see his shadow. Explore light and shadow in math, science, and art lessons and have fun with the following collection of…
Former Commissioner of Education Speaks Out in Favor of New Teacher Evaluation System
The op-ed below by Betty J. Sternberg, former Connecticut commissioner of education, was published today in the Hartford Courant. CT’s Chance To Get Teacher Evaluations Right It’s time for evaluations…
CEA Proposes New Evaluation Guidelines to Promote Student Learning
“The goal of teacher evaluation is to strengthen educator support and practice and to improve student learning,” CEA President Sheila Cohen told reporters at a news conference at the Legislative…
Are You Missing Out on These Educator Tax Deductions?
For much too long, Congress engaged in an annual ritual of waiting until the last minute to extend some four dozen tax benefits that have to be renewed virtually every…
Need for New Student Data Privacy Laws Subject of CEA Forum
“Connecticut is at a critical juncture when it comes to student data privacy,” Khaliah Barnes of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told legislators, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens gathered today…
CEA County Forums Coming to a Town Near You
Calling public education “the last frontier and bastion of the American dream,” CEA President Sheila Cohen last night spoke with members gathered together in Bolton at the first of a…
A Recipe for Effective School Improvement
While we would all love a silver bullet that could radically transform a city’s public schools for the better, gradual, systemic approaches that get widespread buy-in are what really positively…
Novel Approach for Closing Achievement Gap Focus of New Study
While ethnic studies courses have received negative attention in recent years in places such as Arizona, where a Mexican American studies course was banned in 2010, a new study on…
CEA Forum on Student Data Privacy
The explosion in student data mining poses great risks to the safety, privacy, and civil liberties of children and families. Who is collecting student and teacher data? Who can get…