Meet Your New CEA President and Vice President
CEA’s new president and vice president officially began their terms this week, and they’re looking forward to working with members across the state to champion public education and the teaching…
CEA Continues Push for Bill to Ensure Classroom Safety, Support for At-Risk Students
The legislature may have refused to override the governor’s veto of a crucial school safety bill earlier this summer, but it’s not an issue teachers will walk away from. CEA…
Teachers Hit the Links to Raise Money for Students in Need
More than 200 Connecticut teachers, supporters, and CEA staff hit the links at Glastonbury Hills Country Club yesterday as part of CEA’s largest fundraiser of the year to benefit public…
How You Can Stay #UnionStrong in Response to Janus
Those who seek to weaken unions and the middle class may think they scored a victory with the recent decision in the Janus case, but more than ever union members…
Connecticut Educators Reenergized by Work at NEA RA, Ready to Face New Challenges
Delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly (RA) are ready to utilize the power of the burgeoning Red for Ed movement to meet new challenges to public education head on. After…
Path Academy Surrenders Charter, Will Close
The State Board of Education received notice this week that Path Academy, a Windham school run by a charter management organization, will voluntarily surrender its charter. Earlier this spring an investigation…
CEA Members Inspired by Former Political Prisoner’s Commitment to Students
Standing up for students and the teaching profession is central to what it means to be a teacher, but in some places around the world, it can land you in…
Teachers Stand Strong With Their Union in Minneapolis
In her keynote address to open the NEA Representative Assembly (RA) today, NEA President Lily Eskelsen García told the more than 6,000 educators gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center, “These…
Connecticut Teachers Join National Colleagues for 2018 NEA RA
Some of your Connecticut colleagues are in Minneapolis this week as members of the world’s largest democratic deliberative body: the NEA Representative Assembly (RA). The more than 100 CEA members…
What Teachers Need to Know About the Janus Decision
In its decision in Janus vs. AFSCME, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down nearly four decades of precedent and legal protections. The Janus decision attempts to suppress teachers from speaking…