“Today I feel empowered, and we need to help other teachers feel empowered too,” Danbury teacher Luanelly Iglesias told fellow educators at CEA’s Summit on Diversity, a half-day event co-sponsored by CEA and NEA and hosted by CEA’s Ethnically Diverse Educators Commission.
Nearly 400 delegates representing 160 districts around the state came together for the 2023 CEA Representative Assembly.
The legislature’s Appropriations Committee failed to take action on a landmark education bill with major implications for teachers, paraeducators, and students. The fight, however, is not over.
As legislators continue to debate proposed bills, CEA members and leaders are ensuring their perspectives are heard. A series of CEA County Forums provided just such an opportunity, bringing educators…
From eliminating edTPA to holding charter schools accountable, CEA’s calls for much-needed change to elevate public education and our profession are reverberating. Two compelling opinion pieces recently published in the…
Opportunity, networking, and empowerment are integral to CEA events for early career educators this spring that give teachers the opportunity to learn and grow together outside the classroom.
The surprise of a lifetime propelled Kristen Record, a Stratford physics teacher and Connecticut’s 2011 Teacher of the Year, into yet another exclusive group of exceptional educators.
More than 600 teachers this week reached out to lawmakers urging the passage of a comprehensive bill containing key recommendations from CEA for supporting teachers, students, and public schools.
Educators and lawmakers came together this weekend for candid conversations about the teaching profession and the multiple crises facing Connecticut schools.
A key legislative proposal would increase funding that reaches classrooms, supports students, and raises teacher salaries.