What You Don’t See in Connecticut Classrooms: Soaring Rates of Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Suicide
Educators, parents, students, and legislators are joining a CEA social media campaign.
Basketball Stars Put a Spin on Read Across Connecticut Week
The Connecticut Education Foundation’s (CEF) 2022 Read Across Connecticut Reading Bus Tour rolled on this week with various stops, including New London’s Harbor School on Wednesday, where students were treated…
Teachers, Legislators on What’s Real in Education
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?
Haddam-Killingworth Teachers to School Board: ‘Do the Right Thing’
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…
Governor Announces Proposal to Assist Schools in Paying for HVAC System Upgrades
“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.
CEF Read Across Connecticut Reading Bus Tour Brings Joy of Reading to Students
The 2022 Read Across Connecticut Reading Bus Tour kicked off in New London with read alouds, fun activities, and free books for students.
Teachers Share with Legislators What’s Really Going on in Schools
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…
Legislature Votes to End Statewide Mask Mandate in Schools February 28
The Connecticut State Senate joined the House in voting to leave masking decisions up to local districts as of February 28.
CEA President Shares Results of Teacher Survey on Masking in Schools with Legislators, Urges Following the Science
CEA President Kate Dias shared the survey results with lawmakers during a legislative public hearing.
New Teacher Evaluation Guidelines Coming; Your Input Matters
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…