Holiday Bear Project Teaches Spirit of Giving
When Holiday Bear season comes to Avon “there’s real excitement in the air,” says social studies teacher Lil Diachenko. Diachenko and her seventh-graders today filled up a whole U-Haul truck…
CEA Urges Hartford Healthcare and Anthem to End Negotiating Impasse
The Connecticut Education Association and its 43,000 members are calling on Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to end their negotiating impasse. “The health and lives of…
Teachers Join Senator Blumenthal in Opposition to GOP Tax Plan
When West Hartford teacher and local Association president Theresa McKeown heard that the Republican tax plan would eliminate the popular educator expense deduction she wanted to find out what this…
CEA, Teachers, Students, Parents, and Municipalities Withdraw Lawsuit
The Connecticut Education Association, the city of Torrington, the towns of Brooklyn, Stratford, and Plainfield, as well as teachers, students, and parents in those municipalities withdrew their lawsuit against the…
Teacher Evaluation Made Simple Thanks to CEA Guide
What happens when you find out you’re being evaluated for the first time…in June? What if you never got feedback on your last observation—and your next one’s coming up? Are…
Old Saybrook Building Rep Superhero Advocates for Her Colleagues
Building reps are often a teacher’s first point of contact when questions arise—ranging from practical matters to sensitive subjects. They are their colleagues’ contract enforcer, organizer, and spokesperson. A building…
Statement From CEA President Sheila Cohen on Governor Signing Bipartisan Budget into Law
The governor yesterday signed the bipartisan budget into law, ending the draconian education cuts made under his Executive Order. The new budget restores essential ECS funding to cities and towns…
Big Reveal: CEA Student Members Spruce Up East Hartford School
“How beautiful!” “This is so awesome!” Teachers at Langford Elementary School in East Hartford sounded like participants on an HGTV home renovation show when they walked into their staff room…
Statement From CEA President Sheila Cohen on Passage of Bipartisan State Budget
CEA’s fight for a fair budget that invests in public education has ended in the legislature with a bipartisan agreement that does not substantially cut ECS funding or shift the…
Town Recognizes Teachers’ 100th Anniversary With Southington Education Association Week
In 1917 the United States entered World War I, Ella Fitzgerald and John F. Kennedy were born, and 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House advocating for…