CT Republicans to seek laws regarding trans students, athletes
A number of Republican lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday came out in favor of legislative proposals.
02-02-2024 Board of Directors Meeting
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New Haven students spotlight need for LGBTQ progress in schools
Wesley was one of about twenty people, roughly half of whom were kids, to testify before the Board of Alders Education Committee about what it’s like to be an LGBTQIA+ kid in the city’s public school district.
Connecticut town plagued by anti-LGBTQ+ incidents is creating its own transgender student policy
In a town that has been plagued with recent incidents targeting the LGBTQ+ community, a Tolland Board of Education is creating a transgender student policy that will take the state’s regulations further in the hopes of providing a safe space for all students.
Statement From The Education Stakeholder Coalition Urging Inclusion Of Educators In Conversations About Pedagogy And Literacy
We collectively wish to express our serious concern and dismay that state leaders have excluded all Connecticut classroom teachers, school leaders, and members of boards of education from the panel at the upcoming Education Forum on Literacy. The forum is described as “bringing together state and national leaders, as well as reading experts, as they engage in critical conversations about literacy.”
Enfield bans Pride flag from being flown on town property. ‘It’s a very sad day’ council member says.
The interim town attorney said the decision protects the town from unnecessary lawsuits
Supreme Court declines to weigh in on battle over bathrooms for transgender students
Although litigation over transgender rights is widespread, the Supreme Court has not yet waded into the dispute over school bathrooms.
Manchester school board drafts policy to support transgender, gender non-conforming students
The town’s school board has drafted a policy of “protections and supports” for transgender and gender non-conforming students, primarily in response to state requirements.
Member Spotlight: Althea Carr
After more than three decades in the classroom—11 years in Mansfield and 20 in Hebron—CEA-Retired member Althea Carr has blazed a few trails. She was the first in her local education association to participate in an NEA Representative Assembly and the only teacher of color in her district.
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