Meet CEA colleagues from other districts and discuss issues that impact teachers and minority students at a CEA event Thursday, November 20. The second annual Hartford County Local Ethnic Minority Affairs Commissions (EMAC) Regional event is open to…
Cooperative Educational Services teacher Stephanie Wanzer and her colleagues Darien teacher Katy Gale and Redding teacher Mary Patterson were among dozens of CEA members, and their family and friends, who…
If you’re not already a runner, you probably don’t have time to get marathon-ready before this year’s Hartford Marathon on October 11. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a runner…
CEA-Retired members gathered at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington today to catch up with their colleagues and learn more about issues of special interest to retirees. CEA-Retired works in…
From Connecticut to California, we’ve all been experiencing the effects of what many experts are calling a climate crisis—from the historic brush fires out west to the flooding across the…
Individually, teachers are champions of quality education. But sometimes the challenge can be to help them see how much more they can accomplish collectively—rather than individually— to accomplish their goals.…
A teacher is one of the most trusted people in his/her community, according to public opinion polls. So, it stands to reason, when groups of teachers band together to organize…
Jonathan Kozol’s speech this morning at the CEA Summer Leadership Conference hit a nerve with teachers when he said, “Using test scores to judge teachers is an absolute atrocity, even…
Champions for students in need It was a hot and humid day, and the meteorologists called for heavy rain and thunderstorms in the early afternoon. But thankfully, the bad weather…
A bold measure passed by the NEA RA probably has the testing industry as well as high-level national policymakers buzzing with concern today. Connecticut’s 129 teacher delegates joined nearly 9,000…