April Deals and Discounts from NEA Member Benefits
NEA Member Benefits works on behalf of three million NEA members to maximize your hard-earned dollars through consumer discounts and special travel and leisure offers. Below are some of the…
Common Core Implementation Task Force Takes First Steps
Common Core and the challenges districts are facing when it comes to implementation continue to be in the spotlight here in Connecticut. Yesterday the state’s Common Core Task Force, charged with…
Impact of Education Reform on Teachers
Why did you become a teacher? What motivates you? How do you want to be remembered? These are some of the questions Berlin social studies teacher and Connecticut’s 2012 Teacher…
SBAC Field Test Delayed
The State Department of Education today sent a memo to Connecticut superintendents saying that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) — the group developing assessments aligned to the Common Core State…
Teachers Tell Education Committee About Common Core, Teacher Evaluation Concerns
Educators around the state have been facing a challenging year due to the botched implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the challenges related to simultaneously implementing a new…
CEA Future Educators Reach Out and Read
CEA Student Program (CEASP) members aren’t waiting around until they have classrooms of their own — they’re eager for any opportunity to make a difference in children’s lives. One such…
CEA Releases Study of Alternative Evaluation Initiative
A teacher evaluation initiative, studied in new research released today, offers an alternative to using unreliable standardized test scores to evaluate students and teachers. This alternative holds educators more accountable…
Naugatuck’s Read Across America Day Cements Community Ties
In Naugatuck, Read Across America Day not only fosters children’s love of reading, it’s also a day to strengthen relationships and ties between students and schools. High school students gave…
CEA Calls for Addressing Botched Implementation of Common Core
At a news conference this morning at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CEA leaders released a survey of members and called for teachers to play a central role in…
No Time to Waste: CEA Urges Action to Address Botched CCSS Rollout
Saying time is of the essence, CEA today urged the new Connecticut Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Working Group* to convene immediately with teachers playing a central role in addressing…