CEA members, leaders, and staff turned out in person and via Zoom yesterday to testify at a legislative public hearing–and hundreds more members submitted written testimony.
Gesturing to the overflowing room, Stratford Education Association President Michael Fiorello told the Stratford Town Council last night, “Look around. Stratford wants fully staffed schools.”
CEA’s second annual Breakfast with Legislators was a chance for members to share their stories and ensure that their needs are front and center this legislative session.
The Connecticut Education Foundation, CEA’s charitable arm, and the Bloomfield Education Association are tackling reading with a weeklong celebration of literacy featuring football stars and fun activities to encourage hundreds of middle school students at Carmen Arace School in Bloomfield to pick up a book and read.
Read Across Connecticut is almost here, and to support children’s growth as readers CEF, CEA’s charitable arm, will be collecting books for children in kindergarten through grade 12 on March 2 from 10 am to 2 pm at Blue Back Square in West Hartford.
CEA Aspiring Educators met as a group with legislators on the Education Committee for the first time recently and shared personal stories about the obstacles to becoming a teacher, including unpaid student teaching and low starting salaries.
Education leaders and early childhood advocates push back on Governor Ned Lamont’s plan to pull millions of dollars earmarked for Connecticut’s K-12 schools.
Districts are developing their new teacher evaluation plans this school year, and to provide them with an important tool in moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach, the State Board of Education today approved state model leader and educator evaluation plans.
Legislators are back in Hartford today for the opening of the 2024 Legislative Session. Governor Ned Lamont gave his annual State of the State Address to the combined chambers outlining his budgetary priorities for the year—and it came with pros and cons for teachers.
All Connecticut teachers who have ever earned Social Security benefits are denied most (if not all) of those benefits due to WEP/GPO. Take action this week to urge Congress to repeal these outdated and hurtful policies.