Witnessing History; Shaping the Debates of Our Time
The CEA Advisor will be arriving on your doorstep this week. Check out the issue (in print or online) to learn more about teacher evaluations, school funding, efforts to keep…
Potential & Pitfalls in Teaching Profession Bill: Read Testimony
There’s a move afoot at the state legislature to elevate the teaching profession. Proposed House Bill 6358, An Act Unleashing Innovation in Connecticut Schools, at this point is only a…
Obama Calls on Nation to “Protect Our Most Precious Resource”
President Obama addressed a range of issues in his State of the Union speech last night, from the economy and jobs to Medicare to tax reform to immigration to education,…
Obama Likely to Address Early Education Tonight
President Obama will give his State of the Union address at 9:00 tonight, and Education Week and The Huffington Post are reporting he is likely to announce an investment in…
Governor Outlines Commitment to Funding for Many Public Schools
Despite the state’s fiscal woes, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a proposal to increase Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funding to 117 of the state’s 169 cities and towns, while…
State Education Officials Announce Flexibility in Teacher Evaluation Implementation
The state process involving school districts developing new teacher evaluation plans is more fluid than it originally appeared, based on extensive discussion on Monday, February 4, among State Department of…
Teaching Labor History in School
We’ve come a long way since early unions fought for and Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, improving labor conditions and the well-being of workers. But today’s…
PEAC to Reconvene Monday
The Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) that met last year to develop state guidelines for educator evaluation will meet again Monday for the first time since PEAC members approved the…
Schools Expected to Do Too Much With Too Few Resources
In communities with high rates of poverty, “schools are really all that’s left of the safety net for children,” NYU Professor Pedro Noguera told a WNPR host this morning. Noguera…
Poll Finds CT Teachers Support Stronger Gun Laws
The senselessness of the Sandy Hook tragedy has brought much needed attention to gun and school safety issues. At a news conference today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford,…