Diane Ravitch Talks Ed Reform in New Haven
Diane Ravitch, noted historian and research professor at New York University is a woman with a renewed mission since the publication of her provocative book The Death and Life of…
NEA Vice President Coming to Connecticut
We are excited that Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the National Education Association (NEA), will be coming to Connecticut to participate in a panel titled Our Great Education Challenge. The Connecticut…
NEA RA Delegates Back Home in Connecticut
The CEA members who attended this year’s National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA) are glad to be home after a rewarding but busy time in New Orleans. The Connecticut…
Teachers Continue to Fight for Their Students and Schools
Budget cuts are hurting schools around the state. From Norwich to Farmington, teachers are speaking out and drawing attention to the damage cuts will inflict on student learning. In Avon,…
Hartford Courant Covers CEA Ad Campaign
Today’s Hartford Courant has an article about CEA’s new ad campaign. “We’re trying to promote the image of teachers and remind the public of the hard work teachers do, especially…
State Board May Consider Charter School Funding at February Meeting
The full State Board of Education (SBE) will get a report on Wednesday, February 3, from its Legislation and Bylaws committee regarding a proposal for a “money follows the child”…
H1N1 Vaccine Now Available for All
Governor Rell announced yesterday that there is now enough vaccine to make it available to any Connecticut resident interested in getting vaccinated. The state is currently seeing fewer cases of…
Are resources at your school stretched to the limit?
Feeling discouraged? Facing a classroom with more students than ever before? Frantic about how to make more programs like SRBI work with even fewer resources? Now there’s another wallop in…
Let the Race Begin
On November 18th the Final guidelines and invitation for applications to the so-called Race to the Top competition were published in the Federal Register. The 102 page application for Phase…
Astronaut-Teacher Rachel Manzer Discusses Why She Applied for NASA’s Educator Astronaut Program
Why did I apply? Every person has a defining time in their life. For me, it was when I was a student at Barkhamsted Elementary School in Barkhamsted, CT. The…