State Announces New Investments to Improve Teacher Recruitment
With at least 1,300 educator vacancies statewide, Governor Lamont announced Connecticut is using federal funding to make new investments to address educator shortages in Connecticut.
CEA Elevates Voices of Underrepresented Members
“Today I feel empowered, and we need to help other teachers feel empowered too,” Danbury teacher Luanelly Iglesias told fellow educators at CEA’s Summit on Diversity, a half-day event co-sponsored by CEA and NEA and hosted by CEA’s Ethnically Diverse Educators Commission.
175th CEA Representative Assembly Kicks Off Tonight
Nearly 400 teachers from around the state will gather this evening for the opening of the 175th Representative Assembly (RA)—CEA’s highest policy-making body. What began with 80 teachers in 1848…
CEA Staff Share Their ‘Because of a Teacher’ Stories
This Teacher Appreciation Week, CEA staff are sharing their own Because of a Teacher stories and offering up memories of the teachers who helped them get where they are today. Watch the videos.
Pleas to Support Education Ignored as East Hampton Officials Cut Budget
Despite two hours of impassioned pleas from community members unanimously in support of reversing cuts to the education budget the East Hampton Town Council voted to moved forward with those cuts.
Author Alexandra Robbins Back on CEA’s Podcast for More on Her New Book, ‘The Teachers’
In this week’s episode of Two T’s in a Pod, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey are back with author Alexandra Robbins for part 2 of their interview with her about her new book, The Teachers.
A Teacher Appreciation Message from Your CEA Leaders
While this week is an opportunity to thank teachers for all that you do, we need to address the issues facing teachers year round—because educators’ teaching conditions are students’ learning conditions.
Tune in Sunday Morning for an Interview with CEA Members on Channel 3
Channel 3 is kicking off teacher appreciation week this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. with an interview with two CEA members. Tune in Sunday morning to CT ’23 to hear from Bloomfield teacher and local association president Gail Jorden and Manchester teacher Katie Grant.
Join NEA and Abbott Elementary Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph to Kick Off Teacher Appreciation Week
This Sunday at 1:30p.m., tune into the National Town Hall Event, “Honoring Teachers’ Voices,” that NEA is hosting in partnership with the National PTA.
CEA Podcast Features Alexandra Robbins Discussing Her New Book, ‘The Teachers’
In the most recent episode of CEA’s podcast, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with author Alexandra Robbins about her new book where she follows three teachers to tell their stories as they navigate a year in the classroom.