The last several months have seen classrooms and board of education meetings turn into battlegrounds for everything from COVID protocol to curriculum. What are educators to do when they’re faced with angry accusations, confused parents, and misinformation about what they teach?
Wearing #RedForEd, teachers, paraeducators, custodians, nurses, and other unionized school staff turned out in force at the Haddam-Killingworth Board of Education meeting last night. Their demand? That hundreds of thousands…
“Given the excellence of educators in our state, I love the idea that our buildings could match that level of excellence,” CEA President Kate Dias told officials gathered today for a news conference at a school in Old Wethersfield announcing new funding to improve school ventilation systems.
The 2022 Read Across Connecticut Reading Bus Tour kicked off in New London with read alouds, fun activities, and free books for students.
Legislators don’t know what goes on in classrooms every day unless they hear from teachers. That’s why CEA members around the state have been meeting with legislators this winter to…
The Connecticut State Senate joined the House in voting to leave masking decisions up to local districts as of February 28.
CEA President Kate Dias shared the survey results with lawmakers during a legislative public hearing.
The Connecticut State Department of Education is in the process of creating new guidelines for teacher evaluation. If approved by Connecticut’s State Board of Education, these new guidelines are scheduled…
CEA recently sent letters to all members of Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation asking for help in securing federal funds to help school districts update and repair outdated HVAC systems as well as install air conditioning.
In Episode 4 of CEA’s Podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, NEA-Danbury President Erin Daly talks with CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey about the realities students and teachers face when their schools receive significantly less funding than those in nearby districts.