10 Free Mother’s Day Activities and Projects
Ideas for celebrating Mom with students at all grade levels compiled by Phil Nast, retired middle school teacher, for NEA. 1. Acrostic Mother’s Day Poems Students in grades 1-2 write…
Withholding Recess for Disciplinary Reasons Declining
Children are sometimes kept in from recess as a disciplinary measure, but thanks to studies showing play and exercise support classroom learning, fewer students are now having recess taken away,…
Former CT Public School Teacher Selected to Lead State Department of Education
The next Connecticut commissioner of education is a long-time educator with many years of experience in the classroom and as a school leader. Dr. Dianna Wentzell was today named commissioner…
U.S. Senate Education Committee Passes NCLB Rewrite
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions unanimously passed a bipartisan rewrite of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)/Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) this afternoon. Education…
Bloomfield Educators Encourage Reading, Build Community
Bloomfield families now have many new-to-them books to read thanks to a great idea by teacher Jen Coleman. Coleman and other Bloomfield educators organized the first annual Bloomfield Education Association (BEA)…
Earth Day: Lesson Plans, Projects, Resources, and More
This Earth Day, April 22, 2015, explore new and review familiar ways to live responsibly. Retired middle school teacher Phil Nast compiled the following resources for NEA. Resources for: Grades…
Schools and Technology: Questions to Ask
Students need to be adept with technology in order to succeed in the 21st century, but how do schools judge which technology initiatives are appropriate for students and worth the investment?…
Grant ‘Makes a Difference’ for Hamden Special Education Students
Special education students in Hamden playing on their school’s softball team will soon have new pride in their school and their abilities thanks to a grant from California Casualty. Whitney…
Teacher Evaluation: Focus Back on PEAC
Educators got a sneak preview this week into what’s ahead for the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC). CEA is one of many public education stakeholders who sit on the advisory…
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