While this is a significant improvement for Connecticut students in public schools, it is only a first step in modifying existing guidelines and removing obstacles that hinder a student-focused system…
“They call Windham County the quiet corner, but you wouldn’t know it by the turnout tonight,” CEA Secretary Pat Jordan told the more than 100 teachers crowded into a room…
What’s considered the biggest shift ever in the structure and substance of Connecticut public education—intense and focused change in the state’s most challenged school districts—is yielding early success. “Our students,…
It’s time to examine where our public education policy is and to take bold steps to get it where it realistically needs to be. That was the message CEA President…
Your evaluation is important to you and your profession, and CEA is here to help you through the ups and downs, challenges, and issues that may arise. That’s why we’ve…
Never have teachers been required to deal with so much change simultaneously—from new teacher evaluation to Common Core State Standards—but they can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that retired…
More than a dozen Connecticut teachers were honored for their commitment to their profession at CEA’s Annual Awards Dinner and Banquet last night at the Mohegan Sun Conference Center. Here…
CEA Vice President Jeff Leake and Marilyn Parkinson Thrall, the artist creating the CEA Sandy Hook Memorial sculpture, were guests on the Brad Davis Talk of Connecticut Radio Show on…
Educators here in Connecticut and across the country are working hard to meet historic challenges. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced that states can request flexibility in two…
Advocating for resources for students and schools was front and center today at CEA headquarters in Hartford as the Association hosted a news conference marking the release of the Summer…