Your Students’ Future Depends on Full Funding
Join us for a statewide CEA Recovery for All Meeting to learn more about this educator-led campaign to fund our future–and what you can do to secure the funding your students need.
Teachers, Community Members Take Their Message to the Public Square
Teachers, students, parents, community members, and labor groups assembled March 24 with a clear message for Connecticut’s leaders: Let’s make Connecticut a place where all residents can thrive.
CEA, Educators Support Bill to Bring More Teachers of Color to Connecticut Classrooms
“Increasing the diversity among our Connecticut teaching profession is crucial to the vitality, success, and the excellence of all of our schools,” CEA Vice President Tom Nicholas told legislators during a…
Statement from Board of Education Union Coalition on CDC’s New Social Distancing Guidelines
The CDC released new physical distancing guidelines that recommend three feet, rather than six feet, of distance between students in schools. Read the Board of Education Union Coalition response.
Teaching In-Person and Remote Learners Simultaneously Must End, Educators Tell Legislators
Many veteran Connecticut teachers are describing the 2020-21 school year as the hardest year they’ve ever faced. They attribute this partially to the stress of the pandemic and its toll…
Fund Our Future Speak Out
Join your colleagues on March 24 in calling for a fair budget that funds our schools and our communities.
Connecticut at the Forefront of Identifying Racism as a Public Health Crisis
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut has taken the bold step of exposing the state’s inequities and identifying racism as a public health crisis. “The time is now…
Join CEA’s Book Study to Connect with Other Teachers and Cultivate Resilience
Join a group of teachers as we read the book Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators and complete accompanying exercises—all materials will be provided free of charge.
Essential Workers Who Contracted COVID Speak Out for Workers’ Comp Benefits
Essential workers have been busy on the frontlines keeping Connecticut running throughout the pandemic, yet when they’ve contracted COVID-19 on the job, they’ve frequently failed to receive the workers’ compensation…
COVID Relief Package Directs $1.1 Billion to Connecticut Schools, Slashes Childhood Poverty Rate
The American Rescue Plan includes more than $120 billion in aid for K-12 schools and will cut in half the number of children living below the poverty line.