The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case today. The case is an attack on long-standing rules that have made it possible…
Education Week’s Quality Counts report for 2016 is out and Connecticut scored well compared to most other states, particularly when it comes to the important role education plays here in…
Indisputable evidence from the frontlines of teaching took center stage today at a CEA news conference in Hartford as teachers urged lawmakers to examine the needs of students and reject…
More evidence that the amount of time devoted to standardized testing and test prep in public schools is on the rise is in today with the results of a survey…
Help students put in perspective Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, his impact on the Civil Rights Movement, and his significance to American culture and history with these lesson plans, activity…
NEA Member Benefits provides savings on a variety of products and services for CEA members. Check out the featured January offers below. NEA Click & Save “Buy-lights” for January 2016…
Teachers advocating together across the country have accomplished three important victories in legislation that passed through Congress last week. These wins, part of a bill to fund the government and…
Retired speech-language pathologist Karen Ostby spent her career helping students with communication problems, but she learned early on that, for students to get the services they need to succeed, teacher-activism…
Plan to attend a CEA County Forum in your area this January or February to hear about the latest education news, including the Friedrichs case, and how it can impact…
The state’s Mastery Examination Committee heard about problems with SBAC from several education stakeholder groups Monday. The Connecticut State Department of Education, the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS), and the…