How You Can Stay #UnionStrong in Response to Janus
Those who seek to weaken unions and the middle class may think they scored a victory with the recent decision in the Janus case, but more than ever union members…
CEA Members Inspired by Former Political Prisoner’s Commitment to Students
Standing up for students and the teaching profession is central to what it means to be a teacher, but in some places around the world, it can land you in…
Teachers Stand Strong With Their Union in Minneapolis
In her keynote address to open the NEA Representative Assembly (RA) today, NEA President Lily Eskelsen García told the more than 6,000 educators gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center, “These…
Connecticut Teachers Join National Colleagues for 2018 NEA RA
Some of your Connecticut colleagues are in Minneapolis this week as members of the world’s largest democratic deliberative body: the NEA Representative Assembly (RA). The more than 100 CEA members…
Join Team CEF for the 2018 Eversource Hartford Marathon
Teachers are in it for the long run and in it for the students. And nowhere is that clearer than in the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon, where teachers run, donate,…
Watch: Teachers Share Why Bridgeport Strike Still Relevant Today
What do the events of 40 years ago have to do with teachers’ lives today? A lot, it turns out. Active and retired teachers who gathered this May to commemorate…
Teachers Elect New Leaders
In contested races, 428 teacher delegates elected a new president, Jeff Leake, and vice president, Tom Nicholas, to lead the Connecticut Education Association for the next three years. The election…
Teachers Gather to Remember Landmark Bridgeport Strike
Hundreds of active and retired teachers, some of whom hadn’t seen each other in decades, gathered yesterday evening to commemorate a historic milestone—the Bridgeport teachers strike of 1978—which, for many,…
Retired Teachers Applaud Legislative Funding, Ready to Stay Active and Engaged
“Those of you who went to retired lobby day, who reached out to your legislators, I can’t thank you enough,” CEA Executive Director Donald Williams told members of CEA-Retired gathered…
Teacher Leader Institute May 22: Register Now!
CEA is pleased to once again partner with Central Connecticut State University on this important event featuring Ottawa’s Dr. Peter Gamwell and Finland’s Dr. Pasi Sahlberg. Their work has been…