Duel Teaching
- NBC CT: Educators Oppose State’s New Remote Learning Guidance 09.29.22
- Fox 61: Teachers, state education departments battle over new remote learning guidance 09.29.22
- Hartford Courant: State OKs some cases of dual in-person and remote learning; Unions warn it will harm students and already overwhelmed teachers 09.29.22
- News 8: Educators rally against new legislation on remote learning and dual teaching 09.29.22
- CT Examiner: Educators Reject New Guidance Allowing Exceptions for Dual Instruction 09.29.22
- CT News Junkie: Teachers Say ‘No’ To Remote Learning For Sick Students 09.29.22
Back To School: Fall ’22
Indoor Air Quality
Educator Retention & Shortage
- NBC: Addressing the Teacher Shortage in Connecticut 08.23.22
- WFSB: Many schools dealing with teacher shortage ahead of fall semester 08.17.22
- CT Post: Connecticut school districts can’t find enough teachers: ‘We must address working conditions’ 08.13.22
- Hartford Courant: With Burnout and Frustration Rampant, Teachers Say More Is Needed to Avoid Exodus
- Business Insider: Why So Many Teachers Are Burned Out and Fed Up
Mental Health Rally
- WFSB: Rally held for mental health services at Killingly school 08.17.22
- CT Public: Killingly parents and students call for state help for school-based mental health center 08.17.22
- Fox 61: State Leaders along with Killingly parents rally at state capitol for student mental health resources 08.17.22
Anti-Union Groups Spreading Misinformation
Teacher Incentives
Gun Reform
CEA members react to tragedy in Texas
- NBC News – For young students, hearing about Texas shooting is a lockdown Drill turned real
- WNPR – Connecticut educators say teachers need trauma-informed training
- WNPR – “Shall our flags fly at full-mast ever again?” Connecticut teachers respond to Texas school shooting
- Fox61 – Connecticut teachers prepared to talk Texas with students
#RedforEd Day of Action
CEA ‘What You Don’t See’ Campaign
Mask Mandates: February 2022
Blackout for Safe Schools
- NBC News: Connecticut Teachers Call for Safer COVID Measures in Schools Amid Omicron Surge
- NBC News: COVID Cases Cause Teacher Shortage, Putting Strain on U.S. Education System
- Newsweek: Connecticut Teachers Wear Black to Work, Demand Access to COVID Safety Measures
- News 8: Thousands of Educators Participating in ‘Blackout’ Wednesday Morning to Protest Safety Protocols
- Fox 61: Teachers Stand in Solidarity for School Safety
- NBC 30: Teachers Agree the Classroom Is the Best Place for Students
- NBC 30: CT Teachers Demonstrate Over Views on COVID-19 Protocols
- News 12: Some Teachers Unions Ask Members to Wear Black to Protest Change in COVID-19 Measures at Schools
- CBS New York: Connecticut Teachers Voice Concerns About COVID Safety, Demand More PPE
- Hearst CT Media: CT Teachers Wearing Black Wednesday to Bring Attention to School Safety Concerns
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut Teachers Wear Black to Protest COVID Safety in Schools
- News Times: In ‘Blackout,’ Danbury Teachers Call for N95 Masks, Temporary Remote Learning to Keep School Open
- Record Journal: Teachers Wear Black in Call for More COVID Mitigation, Remote Learning Option
- WCBS NewsRadio 880: Connecticut Teachers Wear Black in Demonstration Over COVID Safety Concerns
- WTIC NewsTalk 1080: Teachers Say School COVID Safety Falling Short
- The Day: School Employees to Wear Black in Call for Better COVID-19 Resources
- Hearst CT Media: Survey Shows CT School Staff Concerned About Safety Ahead of Planned Demonstration
- Hartford Courant: Majority of School Staff in Connecticut Don’t Feel Safe Doing Their Jobs, According to Union Survey. Union Employees Will Wear Black to Work Wednesday.
CEA, Education Unions Call on State to Ensure Safe, Healthy Return to School
- Fox 61: School Staff Unions Call for Increased COVID Safety Protocols
- News 12: Education Unions Call on State to Enact COVID Prevention Policies
- News 8: Conn. Educators Demand New Protocols, Safety Standards as Students Return to School Amid COVID Surge
- Hartford Courant: Union Leaders Demand Free Testing, Screening of Students and N95 Masks as Re-Opened Schools Struggle with Rapid Spread of COVID-19
- CT Insider: As They Return to School, More Kids in CT Hospitals with COVID, Officials Say
- CTNewsJunkie: Teachers, Union Say Not Enough Masks or Tests for Schools
- NBC CT: Schools in Conn. Close, Announce Delays Because of Uptick in COVID-19 Cases
- Associated Press: Some Schools Delay Opening After Holiday Amid COVID Surge
- WSHU: Connecticut Loosens School COVID Restrictions as Cases and Hospitalizations Soar
- CT Post: Lamont: Connecticut Schools to Stay Open Despite Record COVID Surge
- Journal Inquirer: School Unions Ask for More Stringent Safety Protocols
2021 & 2020 Media Coverage
CEA Ad Campaign
Vaccinate Educators Now
- Norah O’Donnell-Twitter: Pres. Biden says his COVID-19 relief bill will help schools reopen sooner.
- NBC CT: Teachers Say Vaccination Is The Best Way To Keep Schools Open
- Fox 61: CT teachers union pushes for educators to take priority in vaccination distribution
- WFSB: Connecticut teachers ask to be a vaccine priority
- CT Post: CT teachers’ union creates campaign to push for educator vaccinations
- Patch: CT Teacher Union Pushes For Teacher Vaccines Immediately
- New Haven Register: Norwalk teachers union joins campaign to get COVID vaccine
- CT Mirror: State’s largest teachers’ union urges educators be prioritized in vaccine rollout
- WNPR: Connecticut’s Largest Teachers Union Calls On The State to Vaccinate Educators Now
- News 8: CT teachers urging State to prioritize COVID vaccination of all educators
- News 12: Teachers call on Gov. Lamont to speed up efforts to vaccinate school staff
- The Day: Union encourages state officials to begin vaccinating teachers immediately
Indoor Air Quality: Media Coverage
September 2021
- CT Post: Opinion: Indoor air quality in schools must be a priority
- CT Insider: CT groups call on state to fix school air quality
- NBC CT: School Leaders Want Improvements to Ventilation Systems
- CT Mirror: Growing coalition pushes Lamont harder to fund air quality upgrades in local schools
- CT Examiner: Lamont Faces Pressure to Allow Funding for Air Quality in Public Schools
- CT NewsJunkie: Local Officials Press Lamont For More Money And Cleaner Air In Schools
- NPR News: Connecticut Municipalities Join Teachers’ Unions To Fight For Better School Air Quality
- NPR News: Connecticut Municipalities Join Teachers’ Unions To Fight For Better School Air Quality
- WTIC News: Stakeholders: Schools need new HVAC
- Republican American: Lamont pressed to use federal aid to improve air quality in schools
- Hartford Business: CCM, education groups call for state funding for school air quality improvements
August 2021
June 2021
- Channel 8: Heatwave, COVID Prompts CEA to Renew Push for Upgrades to Air Quality in CT Schools
- CT Examiner: Heat, Humidity, Masks Spur School Closures Across Connecticut
- WTIC Radio – CEA President Jeff Leake on School Closings Due to Heatwave
- NBC CT: At Least 64 School Districts Dismiss Classes Early Amid Heat
Greenwich Teachers Rally: Media Coverage
Rally For Resources: Media Coverage
May Day Rally: Media Coverage
2020
Stratford Teachers Rally: Media Coverage
- Fox 61: Stratford Teachers Rally for Safer Learning Conditions and a More Uniform Response to COVID State-Wide
- News 8: Stratford Teachers Call for Less In-Person Learning
- Patch: Stratford Teachers Protest; Full Elementary Reopening On Hold
- News 12: Teachers Rally in Stratford to Call on Statewide Safety Standards
Teacher Survey: Media Coverage
- WNPR – Conn. Educators Say COVID-19 Safety Measures, Pandemic Stress Are Top Concerns This Fall
- NBC Connecticut – Survey Shows the Pandemic’s Toll on Teachers
- Channel 8 – New Teacher Back-to-School COVID Survey Reveals Ventilation Biggest Concern, Pandemic Forcing Retirements
- WTIC Newstalk 1080 – CT’s Largest Teachers Union Expresses Concern Over Teacher Exodus
- CT Post – CT Survey Shows Teachers Have COVID Concerns, Are Feeling Stressed
- Hartford Courant – Survey: Teachers Want In-Person Learning, but Worry About Safety
- Journal Inquirer – Survey: Connecticut Teachers Say School Ventilation Is Top Concern
- Fox 61 – Survey Shows Connecticut Educators’ Top Concern Is Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
CEA/AFT Connecticut Survey: COVID-19 Protocols and Outbreaks Dec. 2020: Media Coverage
CEA Equity Survey: 2020
- NBC Connecticut: State Teachers’ Union Voices Concern in New Survey
- News 12: Connecticut Education Association Report: State’s Schools Doing Inadequate Job Protecting Teachers, Students
- Fox 61: Survey Released by CT Education Association Shows Inequities in Urban Districts
- News 8: Teachers’ Union Says Equity Gap Is Widening During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut Teachers Express Concerns About Proper Ventilation in Schools, Inequities in Coronavirus Funding Between Districts
- CTNewsJunkie: Teachers’ Union Says Resources Are Unevenly Applied
- CT Post: Teacher Survey Says Pandemic Has Deepened School Inequities
- Patch: CT Teachers Concerned Over Ventilation, Engaging Remote Students
CEA Teachers Survey: 2020
Threats of Violence in Schools: Media Coverage
- NBC 30: No Credible Threats, but Several CT Schools Increase Police Presence Friday, Others Close, Dismiss Early
- Fox 61: Nationwide School Threats on TikTok Prompt Planned Police Presence at CT Schools Friday
- WTNH News 8: State Police Monitoring Social Media ‘Trend’ Threatening Violence at Schools
- CT Post: TikTok Challenge Spurs ‘Acts of School Violence’ Threats for Friday, CT Officials Warn
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut Schools, Police Respond to Nationwide TikTok Trend Threatening Violence on Friday
- Bristol Press: Area Schools Will Have Increased Police Presence as Social Media Posts Threaten Gun Violence Friday
- WTIC Newstalk 1080: Schools Respond to Risk of Threats Friday
- Waterbury Republican American: Area Schools on High Alert After TikTok Threats
- Hartford Courant: As Threats of Violence Increase, Educators in New Haven, Hamden, Norwich and Manchester Look to Calm Students and Reassure Parents
Violent Social Media Challenge: Media Coverage
Union Coalition Petition: Media Coverage
- CT Post: CT Educators Still Want Schools Closed. Now They Have a 20-Foot Petition of Names as Support.
- Channel 8: Teachers Unions Demand Governor Mandate Remote Learning
- NBC CT: Education Unions Call for Statewide School Safety Protocols Amid Pandemic
- CT Mirror: Over 14,000 Sign Petition Calling for Governor to Close Schools Unless Safety Recommendations Are Met
- CTNewsJunkie: Teachers’ Unions Call for Remote Learning
- AP: Education Unions Demand Uniform COVID Standards or Go Remote
- CT Examiner: Union Leaders Question Safety and Equity of Schooling as COVID Surges in Connecticut
- Fox 61: Educators Call on State to Go Full-Remote, but State Says Everyone Agrees In-Person Learning Is Better
Union Coalition Calls for State Mandates, Transparence to keep everyone safe.
- Fox 61: Coalition of education unions calling for policy change regarding COVID-19 cases in school
- NBC Connecticut: Union Pressures State to do More on School COVID-19 Cases
- CT Mirror: Has Connecticut safely reopened its schools? The state and its teachers disagree
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut teachers unions ask for statewide policy on handling coronavirus cases in schools as some remain open and others close after positive tests
- CT News Junkie: Teachers’ Unions Call for More Guidance On School Closing Due To COVID
- CT Insider: ‘We’re seeing red flags’: Unions call for uniform approach for school COVID cases
Safe Learning Plan: Media Coverage
- News 8: Board of Ed. Union Coalition to announce safety steps for state schools, teachers to follow during reopening amid pandemic
- News 7 Boston: Unions say many Conn. schools can’t meet COVID-19 safety measures
- Stamford Advocate: ‘We must reopen safely’: CT education unions issue school reopening standards
- Patch: CT Teacher Union Asks For Delayed Start To School Year
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut’s largest teachers union calls for two-week delay in reopening schools to better contain COVID-19
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut schools will reopen soon. Here’s what to know about how coronavirus affects young children — and their risk of infecting others
- CT Insider: Preliminary reopen plans: More than half of school districts plan full in-person learning
- WCBS News Radio: Connecticut Teachers Union Pushes For Delaying Start To School Year
- WestFair Communications: Connecticut teachers union calls for delay in school reopening
- Greenwich Free Press: State Teachers Union Calls For Delayed School Opening Two Weeks
The Role of Homework in Schools: Media Coverage
Educator Shortages: Media Coverage
Screen and Stay Initiative: Media Coverage
- The Day: In Participating Connecticut Schools, Unvaccinated Close Contacts of COVID-Positive People Won’t Have to Quarantine
- The Bristol Press: ‘This Is Our First Step in the Off-Ramp of This Pandemic’: Lamont Announces Plan for New Covid-19 Safety Protocols in Schools
- The Newtown Bee: Lamont’s ‘Screen and Stay’ Program Announced for Public Schools
- NBC 30: Officials Say Screen and Stay in School Is Working to Keep Kids in Class
Vaccine Mandate: Media Coverage
September 2021
August 2021
- Channel 8: Gov. Lamont announces vaccine mandates with testing options for all state employees, K-12 teachers and staff
- AP: Connecticut Governor ordering state workers, teachers to be vaccinated
- Republican-American: Lamont issues vaccine order for state workers, school staff
- News 12: Vaccine mandate issued for Connecticut teachers, child care workers and state employees
- Fox 61: Lamont announces vaccine mandate for state employees K-12, early education teachers, and staff
Online Learning Academic Data: Media Coverage
Back to School 2021: Media Coverage
New July 2021 CDC Guidance: Media Coverage
- Channel 3: Gov. Lamont recommends masks after CDC changes guidelines
- News 12: ‘Guidance is guidance.’ Gov. Lamont leaves masking up decision up to school districts
- CT Mirror: CT reviewing CDC mask guidance for K-12 schools
- Channel 3: State Responds to Updated CDC Guidance About Masks in Schools
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut Will Assess State COVID Rules for Schools
- CT Examiner: School Officials React to New CDC Guidelines
- CTNewsJunkie: Mask Wearing Optional for Vaccinated Educators, Students
- The Hour: CDC: Vaccinated Students, Teachers Don’t Need Masks This Fall
- WTIC News Talk 1080: CEA President Jeff Leake Talks About the New CDC Guidance for COVID Protection
2020
Connecticut Teachers & Vaccinations: Media Coverage
2020
CEA Calls for Remote Learning Post Break: Media Coverage
CEA Stance on Remote Learning: Media Coverage
- CT Post: School Unions Want In-Person Learning to End Unless Demands Are Met
- NBC Connecticut: Education Coalition Calls for Conn. Schools to Go Remote After Thanksgiving
- Channel 8: CT Teachers Calling for Schools to Move Fully Remote After Thanksgiving
- Hartford Courant: Connecticut Teachers Unions Call for All Schools to Move Online-Only After Thanksgiving Unless Coronavirus Safety, Transparency Criteria Are Met
- Patch: CT Teacher Unions: Remote Learning Unless Statewide Protocols
Reopening Schools: Media Coverage
Video Statements
