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.”
Connecticut Educators Support New Efforts to Address At-Risk Students
Union leaders embrace Dalio Education’s proposed holistic approach to resolve statewide learning crisis Teachers, paraeducators, and school-related personnel across the state have joined efforts to draw greater attention to the…
New CEA Survey Finds Increased Stressors Causing Teacher Exodus; Shortages Have Not Abated
Increased salaries, staffing, respect, limits on non-teaching duties needed to address continuing crisis in our schools.
Accomplished Leader, Education Champion Retiring from State’s Largest Teacher Organization
After nine years at the Connecticut Education Association, and a long and distinguished political career in the Connecticut legislature where he served as Senate President, CEA Executive Director Donald Williams is officially retiring.
CEA Celebrates 175th Anniversary with a Fundraising Gala
Legislators, a superintendent, teachers, and a national education leader were honored with prestigious education champion awards at CEA’s inaugural fundraising gala for the Connecticut Education Foundation.