Action on a uniform school calendar: How will it be received?
The state Board of Education has approved regional plans that put Connecticut on a path to a uniform calendar for public schools. In acting yesterday, the board received a report…
Waterbury Grad Keeps Connecticut Updated on Space Activities
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, a Waterbury native and Crosby High School graduate, successfully completed a series of spacewalks on Dec. 24. Watch highlights of the spacewalk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOrzKtEW0xg. Mastracchio is…
Statement from CEA President Sheila Cohen on Sandy Hook Anniversary
Our lives changed one-year ago today, and they will never be the same. Today, families, friends, and educators in the small town of Newtown, across Connecticut and the entire country,…
Cromwell School Staff Among Many in CT Wearing Green Ribbons Today
Cromwell Public School employees are just some of the many around the state today who are remembering the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School and showing their support for the…
Tomorrow, Remember 26 Innocent Lives Lost with Green Ribbons
It’s still so fresh in our minds that it seems like it happened just yesterday, but Saturday will mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary…
To Change Education, Much More Needs to Change
The kind of education system we have is shaped by the kind of society we want to live in, and if we want to change education, we need to change…
Remembering and Mourning Nelson Mandela
We join with the worldwide community in mourning the passing of human rights champion Nelson Mandela. He led South Africa through a difficult transition to democracy and proved true his…
Teachers Can Do
“Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach.” It’s a phrase that educators everywhere are sick of hearing. UConn Professor Robert M. Thorson calls it “an odious and offensive insult”…
Make the Season Bright for a Child in Need
You have the opportunity to make a child’s holiday brighter this year by participating in the Holiday Bear Project, sponsored by CEA’s charitable organization, the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF). The…
This Labor Day, Don’t Let the Middle Class Disappear
The rise of the middle class in the middle of the twentieth century brought new opportunity and security to millions of American families. Yet today the U.S. has the highest…