Turning out for CEA’s #RedforEd Day of Action this Thursday is key to getting teacher priorities over the finish line. While the legislature’s Appropriations Committee failed to advance a landmark education bill on Friday, there are still ways to enact key components of that bill and others into law.
The legislature’s Appropriations Committee failed to take action on a landmark education bill with major implications for teachers, paraeducators, and students. The fight, however, is not over.
Educators talk about the mental health crisis students are experiencing and the need for legislators to act. Vanessa & Cassidy Hammel speak about having a strong support system at school.…
Stronger salaries, better working conditions, greater supports. Here are three things you can do on April 27 to move our priorities past the finish line.
As legislators continue to debate proposed bills, CEA members and leaders are ensuring their perspectives are heard. A series of CEA County Forums provided just such an opportunity, bringing educators…
She spent 37 years in Wolcott, teaching middle school math, 6th grade, and elementary gifted and talented. She got involved with her local teacher’s union, the WEA, early, and served many years as their president.
Early career educators attending CEA’s annual conference learned from experts on how to maintain balance and joy in a demanding career.
CEA-Retired President William Murray, who attended the three-day event, said, “The focus of the NEA-Retired Conference was to illustrate and enhance the importance of the retired membership. We want active and retired members to know that retired teachers are a vital contributing group within NEA. We represent 11% of the association’s total membership.”
Social Security has announced that they will be granting a cost of living increase of 1.3% for the current year. Based on the statutes governing Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for CTRB members, the Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board will be granting COLA as follows.
The legislature is no longer scheduled to be in session on April 26, so CEA Lobby Day is now April 27.