CEA Takes Top National Communications Awards
CEA’s Communications Department took home seven awards recognizing exceptional communications across various categories at a national awards ceremony.
Danbury Teacher Honored with Prestigious CEA Award for Teaching Excellence
Exemplary Danbury teacher Lori Woodruff was presented with the Connecticut Education Association’s highest teaching award, the John McCormack Award for Teaching Excellence. The Academy for International Studies (AIS) Magnet School fourth grade teacher was honored at the 176th annual CEA Representative Assembly, held at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center this past weekend.
Statement from CEA President Kate Dias on the End of the 2024 Legislative Session
Since COVID, teachers have continually gone above and beyond for their students and while the pandemic is mostly behind us, teachers are still dealing with the negative impact on our students. Our educators are facing student behavioral, social, and mental health issues and a teacher shortage with no end in sight.
Archaic Laws Negatively Impacting Teachers, Barrier to Recruiting and Retention
Educators are calling for a repeal of WEP/GPO provisions that eliminate earned retirement benefits from millions of Americans.
Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation Helps Prevent Cuts to Education
Education community and families react to Congress preventing dire cuts to education budget.
Education Advocate and Union Leader Assumes Administrative Helm of State’s Largest Teacher Organization
The Connecticut Education Association—the state’s largest teachers’ union, representing nearly 45,000 educators—has a new top administrative leader. The CEA Board of Directors has appointed accomplished education, union, and labor leader Todd Jaeck as the organization’s new executive director.
Teacher-Hosted Book Drive Brings Joy of Reading to Children in Need
Hundreds of Connecticut children and parents celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday today by donating new and gently used books to children in need. The fun-filled family event was organized by the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF) and community partners iHeartMedia and Blue Back Square.
Read Across Connecticut Literacy Events Kicked Off in Bloomfield
Connecticut Education Foundation tackling reading with professional football stars and college and high school football players The Connecticut Education Foundation and the Bloomfield Education Association are tackling reading with a…
Statement from CEA President Kate Dias on Governor’s Proposal to Eliminate Teacher Licensure Application Fees
We are pleased that one of Governor Ned Lamont’s first budget recommendations for fiscal year 2025 is the elimination of the initial teacher licensure application fee, which costs our state’s aspiring educators roughly $1 million each year.
Statement From The Education Stakeholder Coalition Urging Inclusion Of Educators In Conversations About Pedagogy And Literacy
We collectively wish to express our serious concern and dismay that state leaders have excluded all Connecticut classroom teachers, school leaders, and members of boards of education from the panel at the upcoming Education Forum on Literacy. The forum is described as “bringing together state and national leaders, as well as reading experts, as they engage in critical conversations about literacy.”