Join Your Colleagues and Take Action to Reduce Excessive Testing
Your colleagues are already signing a new CEA petition to reduce overtesting in our schools. The petition is one piece of a new campaign CEA announced at a news conference…
Teachers and Voters Sound the Alarm on Excessive Testing
Voters—fed up with Connecticut burdening students with too much testing—want their state legislators to take action. At a news conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford today, CEA revealed…
Courant Featuring Unsung Heroes: Nominate Someone You Know
The Hartford Courant is featuring unsung Connecticut heroes and the paper wants your nominations. According to The Courant, hometown heroes are “the people who rarely grab the spotlight, but who…
Yes, Union Decline Affects Everyone
In today’s issue of The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof admits something too few are willing to say — “I was wrong,” he writes. Wrong, it turns out, about…
Remembering Our Favorite Teachers
Sometimes the many everyday responsibilities that come with being an educator can make for a tunnel-like focus on the long list of items that need to be done today. That’s…
Tell Congress to Get NCLB Re-Write Right
Congress is working on a re-write to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) — the current iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Educators know firsthand how important it is that…
Resources to Support Educator Evaluation Committees
Professional Development and Evaluation Committees (PDEC) are beginning to review and revise teacher evaluation plans for next year, and CEA is offering resources to support the committees in their work.…
Meditation Programs Show Promise for Schools
Teachers are being asked to fit more and more into the school day, but studies are showing that a single-minded focus on academics isn’t necessarily the best way to improve…
Investigation into Pearson Highlights Problematic Business Practices
Whatever your role in education, these days you hear one company named over and over again: Pearson. The publishing giant has its hand not only in test creation, but professional…
To Close or Not to Close: Snow Days and Student Learning
Most districts in Connecticut have had plenty of snow days in recent weeks and there’s a good chance we’ll see more this winter. Sometimes canceling school is an easy call,…