U.S. Senator Takes a Lesson in School Reform
What school reform model has no student lotteries and doesn’t require youngsters to leave their neighborhood schools? U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal may not have known the answer prior to a…
Letter to the Editor: Setting Record Straight On Layoff Procedures
Today the Hartford Courant ran a letter to the editor from Ray Rossomando, CEA’s Legislative Coordinator. He wrote in response to a Courant editorial which stated, Step one is to…
Oligarch Revealed: Web of Gates Influence Examined by NYT
When I read Sam Dillon’s article in the Sunday Times, I felt affirmed. (Behind Grass-Roots Advocacy, Bill Gates by Sam Dillon May 21, NYT.) For two years I have been…
The Power of Collaboration
Many people have tried hard to transform traditional barriers to labor/management cooperation in order to produce productive partnerships. Not all have succeeded. We’re proud to report that — in education —…
Social Media Policies for Schools
Talk of social media policies seems to be increasing in districts around the state. You may have heard about the social media policy Glastonbury is considering. CEA staff invited Glastonbury…
Column: The New Pinkertons
CEA Executive Director John Yrchik has a great column in the April CEA Advisor. You should be receiving your Advisor in the mail any day now if you haven’t already.…
Celebrate the Environment by Educating
Earth Day is April 22 and teachers around the country are educating about the environment this week as part of National Environmental Education Week (EE Week). EE Week is the…
Obama on Obama
Last week President Obama seemed to have reverted to a position on testing that was at the heart of why so many educators supported his candidacy. In a town hall-style…
Stand Together April 4
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was tragically assassinated on April 4, 1968. This year on April 4, labor unions, civil rights organizations, and religious leaders are standing together across the…
Justified Outrage in Wisconsin – Support in Connecticut
[wpvideo k1TQNhB7] As the United States has argued for South Africa, Poland and now Egypt, unions are a basic part of democratic society. Yet that is the principle under attack…