News Release: Teachers Calling on Legislators to Roll Back the Teacher Tax
The decision to increase the teacher payroll tax is causing additional financial hardships for Connecticut’s professional educators.
News Release: Rise in Aggressive Student Behavior in the Classroom Impacting Students, Teachers
With increasing frequency, teachers are reporting being assaulted by students in their classrooms.
March 14: Walk-In For Safe Schools
School communities across the state unite in support of keeping our students and schools violence free
News Release: Reading Bus Tour Rolls into Northeastern Connecticut
Starting that Monday, students will participate in the Connecticut Education Foundation’s Read Across America Reading Bus Tour.
News Release: Statement from CEA President Sheila Cohen on Arming Teachers to Prevent School Violence
Teachers must focus on educating students.
News Release: Stop Putting Children’s Futures at Risk
Governor Malloy’s budget proposal is anything but fair for Connecticut’s students and public schools, and legislators must reverse draconian cuts and stop underfunding public education, jeopardizing students’ futures.
News Release: State Board of Education Urged to Reject Costly Charter School Expansion
The Connecticut Education Association is urging the State Board of Education (SBOE) to put students ahead of politics and reject charter school expansion efforts that are draining critical funds away from neighborhood public schools and causing irreparable harm to the state’s poorest school districts.
News Release: CEA Joins Labor Leaders Calling for Bold Reforms to Move CT Forward
There’s no silver bullet when it comes to balancing the state budget and growing the economy, but we know that attacking working people is not the direction Connecticut should be taking.
News Release: Statement from CEA President Sheila Cohen
While Governor Malloy’s message in his address to the General Assembly emphasized Connecticut’s tradition of fairness and concern for future generations, his budget proposal is anything but fair for Connecticut’s students and public schools.
News Release: CEA Urges Hartford Healthcare and Anthem to End Negotiating Impasse
The Connecticut Education Association and its 43,000 members are calling on Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to end their negotiating impasse.