The Education Committee is holding a vital public hearing for educators this Wednesday, March 13, and they’ve included a proposed bill that has the potential to be one of the most impactful pieces of education legislation in decades. Now is the time to speak up!
CEA members Chris Poulos, a Redding Spanish teacher, and Kevin Brown, a CREC civics teacher, are in the second year of their first term as state legislators. In the latest episode of CEA’s podcast, hear what they have to say about education issues legislators are considering this year.
Please note that New Business Items should be submitted by 8:00 p.m. NOTE: Board Policy states that evening meetings of the Board of Directors will be adjourned by 11:30 p.m.…
Join your CEA colleagues and enjoy the upcoming spring weather by taking part in our series of charity 5k runs/walks to get some fresh air and do good in Connecticut communities.
State legislators can’t make changes to federal Social Security penalties, but they can send a strong message to Congress with a joint resolution urging repeal of WEP/GPO.
From pandemic pay to increasing teacher salaries and addressing the teacher shortage, you have the opportunity to share with legislators what your students need to learn and grow and what you need to teach and support them at your CEA County Forum this spring.
Pilot studies in Connecticut demonstrate academic, emotional, and social benefits of restricting students’ cell phone use.
The Connecticut Education Association—the state’s largest teachers’ union, representing nearly 45,000 educators—has a new top administrative leader. The CEA Board of Directors has appointed accomplished education, union, and labor leader Todd Jaeck as the organization’s new executive director.
Todd Jaeck’s two decades of labor organizing experience span the full range of union work, including leadership development, staff management, collective bargaining, education policy, member advocacy, political action, and membership recruitment, retention, and engagement.
The fun-filled family event was organized by the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF) and community partners iHeartMedia and Blue Back Square. CEF collected several thousand books that will be donated to Little Free Libraries – many of them in Alliance Districts, where some of the greatest needs exist.