As State Budget Crisis Looms, Voters Want Protections for Neighborhood School Funding
Saying 3 out of 4 public schools are doing an excellent or good job, Connecticut voters (8 out of 10) want to ensure that their neighborhood public schools do not…
Rainbow of Readers Celebrate Read Across America Day at Andover Elementary School
Despite a snowy start to the morning, a rainbow appeared at Andover Elementary School today. The entire student body, from kindergarteners dressed in red to fifth graders in purple and…
CEA Executive Director: Charter School Transparency, Oversight & Fiscal Impact Need to Be Addressed
Charter schools in CT, intended as laboratories of innovation, have become a parallel school system allowed to play by a different set of rules than those that govern traditional neighborhood…
CEA Supporting Legislation to Remove Stigma of Unsubstantiated Allegations
CEA is speaking out on behalf of innocent educators who, although cleared of wrongdoing, continue to bear the stigma of being labeled “alleged perpetrators” by the Department of Children and…
New CEA TV Ads Focus on Need to Reduce Standardized Testing
Two new CEA public awareness TV ads featuring CEA members and Connecticut students will be playing on Connecticut TV stations starting tomorrow. The spots focus on the need to treat…
Join Your Colleagues and Take Action to Reduce Excessive Testing
Your colleagues are already signing a new CEA petition to reduce overtesting in our schools. The petition is one piece of a new campaign CEA announced at a news conference…
Teachers and Voters Sound the Alarm on Excessive Testing
Voters—fed up with Connecticut burdening students with too much testing—want their state legislators to take action. At a news conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford today, CEA revealed…
Showcase the Great Work in Your Local
Does your local have a newsletter or website? If the answer is yes, why not enter the CEA Newsletter and Website Competition? The annual competition is open to all local…
Safe and Happy Holidays from CEA
The holiday break is here, and we hope you have a chance to recharge your batteries with some well-deserved vacation time. We here at BlogCEA will also be taking a…
Important Clarification on Reading Survey for K-3 Teachers
CEA and AFT-Connecticut have worked with the State Department of Education (SDE) to successfully resolve issues regarding the reading survey required by the state legislature in Section 13 of Public…