New CEA TV Ad Amplifies Calls to Invest in All Public Schools
A new CEA public awareness TV ad featuring CEA members and Connecticut students starts playing on Connecticut TV stations this week. The spot highlights the need for the state to…
Proposed Budget Divides Schools, Communities into ‘Clear Winners and Losers’
Governor Malloy today released a budget proposal that would shift significant costs for public education and teacher pensions to cities and towns that are already struggling. In his budget address…
Statement from CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg on the Governor’s Proposed Education Budget
The governor’s proposed education budget threatens the quality of all our local public schools by dividing schools, parents, and communities into clear winners and losers. That’s unfair to all of…
Senators Murphy and Blumenthal to Vote ‘No’ on DeVos Confirmation
Teachers have been calling and emailing their senators in unprecedented numbers, and those senators are taking notice. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy told the more than 100 teachers who joined him…
Voters Send Clear Message: Invest in Public Schools, Create New Revenue System
Fed up with continuous budget deficits, Connecticut voters want their state legislators to take action and create a budget that works for all of us—but not on the backs of…
PEAC Responds to Teachers’ Concerns; Agrees More Time Needed to Define Use of State Mastery Test
Connecticut’s Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) today acted on teachers’ concerns regarding the use of mastery examination scores in their evaluations. PEAC unanimously agreed recommending to the State Board of…
Mastery Examination Committee’s Draft Report Falls Short
A 21-member group tasked with reviewing the appropriateness of Connecticut’s statewide mastery examination reviewed a draft report today prepared by the State Department of Education (SDE) outlining several findings and…
Despite Opposition, Board of Education Approves Controversial Teacher Prep Program
In spite of serious concerns raised by teachers, CEA leaders and staff, state university deans of education, and community members, the State Board of Education today voted to allow the…
CEA Presses PEAC for Answer: What Is the Purpose of the Mastery Test?
CEA leadership pressed the state’s Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) today to answer a fundamental question: What is the purpose of the state mastery test? Frustrated that the group has…
Help a Child this Holiday Season
Winter boots, a shirt, and a book. Those items were on one young girl’s holiday wish list last year, but this girl’s parents, like so many others in Connecticut, were…