Now What?
Election Day has come and gone, and, although Clinton won Connecticut with 54 percent of the vote, we’ll be inaugurating President Trump on January 20. What will a Trump presidency…
What Teachers Need to Know About the New Student Data Privacy Law
A law protecting student data privacy went into effect October 1, and Connecticut districts are required to make sure they’re in compliance. The public act that passed the Connecticut General…
Free PD Sessions from Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport offers a series of free, monthly professional development sessions for teachers. The upcoming workshops, and food, are free, but space is limited, so sign up now. Connecticut’s Unsung…
Tolland High School Students Get Out and (Mock) Vote
Most students at Tolland High School are not yet old enough to vote, but that hasn’t prevented them from civic engagement. Social studies teacher Sarah Goldman’s civics class ran a…
Despite Opposition, Board of Education Approves Controversial Teacher Prep Program
In spite of serious concerns raised by teachers, CEA leaders and staff, state university deans of education, and community members, the State Board of Education today voted to allow the…
North Branford Science Teacher is Connecticut’s 2017 Teacher of the Year
The applause was deafening in the North Branford High School auditorium this afternoon as students and staff celebrated one of their own as Connecticut’s 2017 Teacher of the Year. Science…
Teachers Tell Colleagues: Education is Political, Get Out and Vote
Teachers from around Connecticut are urging their colleagues to get out and vote this November 8. For better or worse, many decisions affecting public education are made by elected officials.…
CEA Presses PEAC for Answer: What Is the Purpose of the Mastery Test?
CEA leadership pressed the state’s Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) today to answer a fundamental question: What is the purpose of the state mastery test? Frustrated that the group has…
Help a Child this Holiday Season
Winter boots, a shirt, and a book. Those items were on one young girl’s holiday wish list last year, but this girl’s parents, like so many others in Connecticut, were…
SBAC Creates Barriers for High-Poverty Districts, Not a Valid Measure of Student Growth
New research showing that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test disproportionately disadvantages students and teachers in high-poverty districts was distributed to members of the state Mastery Examination Committee today.…