Public Education Supporters Win in Bridgeport
In yesterday’s Bridgeport Board of Education election, we could not be prouder of the many teachers who contributed their hands and hearts in electing pro-education candidates. These candidates took on…
Make the Season Bright for a Child in Need
You have the opportunity to make a child’s holiday brighter this year by participating in the Holiday Bear Project, sponsored by CEA’s charitable organization, the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF). The…
Wallingford Students Experience Ups and Downs of Science
Students in Wallingford’s STEM Academy program were excited this morning as they prepared for a chance to talk with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. But after many unsuccessful…
CEA Webinars on Writing SLOs
Do you have questions about writing Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) that make sense for your students? Do you want to be more informed in case you need to change your…
Parent Teacher Forum November 12
There’s lots of research showing that parents’ involvement in their children’s education is key to school success, but are all parent and community engagement efforts equal? How do we know…
Study: Schools’ Data-Driven Programs Must Be Used to Support Students and Teachers
America’s love for data is nothing new. The real challenge is asking whether the data makes sense. As more states apply data to the classroom in the form of standardized…
Workshops Focus on Best Practices for Student Achievement
Alliance Districts Focus on Data What gets measured gets done. That was the message today from top education officials who encouraged educators in the Alliance Districts to focus their priorities…
Alliance Districts Celebrate Progress/Focus on Work Ahead
The hard work of teachers and students at Alliance Schools this year will be assessed by the “big 5,” according to top state education officials. Their goal is to have…
History Lesson on Diet and Weight Loss
Much has changed over the last 100 years, but it turns out that the advice doctors give their patients when it comes to weight loss is still very similar. A…
Much Deserved Praise for Hard-Working Educators and Students
Aiming for success and achieving success were the dual themes at two education meetings that attracted the attention of Governor Dannel P. Malloy today. In Hartford, educators from the state’s…