U.S. Senator Takes a Lesson in School Reform
What school reform model has no student lotteries and doesn’t require youngsters to leave their neighborhood schools? U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal may not have known the answer prior to a…
What school reform model has no student lotteries and doesn’t require youngsters to leave their neighborhood schools? U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal may not have known the answer prior to a…
Today the Hartford Courant ran a letter to the editor from Ray Rossomando, CEA’s Legislative Coordinator. He wrote in response to a Courant editorial which stated, Step one is to…
When I read Sam Dillon’s article in the Sunday Times, I felt affirmed. (Behind Grass-Roots Advocacy, Bill Gates by Sam Dillon May 21, NYT.) For two years I have been…
Stirrings of movement are occurring in Washington even while most pundits continue to see the prospects for reauthorization of ESEA as unlikely this year. While idealogical lines are being firmed…
Many people have tried hard to transform traditional barriers to labor/management cooperation in order to produce productive partnerships. Not all have succeeded. We’re proud to report that — in education —…
Talk of social media policies seems to be increasing in districts around the state. You may have heard about the social media policy Glastonbury is considering. CEA staff invited Glastonbury…
Concession talks between state employee unions and the Malloy administration are coming down to the wire. State Capitol observers are increasingly anxious about the consequences of a breakdown. As the…
Registration is now open for the CEA Summer Leadership Conference, August 1-3, 2011. This two-and-a-half day conference is offered annually the first week in August. Tracks and electives cover a…
CEA Executive Director John Yrchik has a great column in the April CEA Advisor. You should be receiving your Advisor in the mail any day now if you haven’t already.…
Earth Day is April 22 and teachers around the country are educating about the environment this week as part of National Environmental Education Week (EE Week). EE Week is the…