At the Aspiring Educators’ end-of-year Apple Banquet this spring, students celebrated each other’s accomplishments, reflected on their experience in the program, and heard from speakers about how CEA will continue to be there for them throughout their time as both students and professional educators.
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Despite the state’s teacher shortage, school budget battles mean that some educators have nevertheless received reduction in force (RIF) notices letting them know that their positions have not been renewed for the next school year.
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With at least 1,300 educator vacancies statewide, Governor Lamont announced Connecticut is using federal funding to make new investments to address educator shortages in Connecticut.
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Support the Children’s Fund. Register to play or be a sponsor at the 28th annual Hands Across the Green Golf Tournament.
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“Today I feel empowered, and we need to help other teachers feel empowered too,” Danbury teacher Luanelly Iglesias told fellow educators at CEA’s Summit on Diversity, a half-day event co-sponsored by CEA and NEA and hosted by CEA’s Ethnically Diverse Educators Commission.
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Nearly 400 delegates representing 160 districts around the state came together for the 2023 CEA Representative Assembly.
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Nearly 400 teachers from around the state will gather this evening for the opening of the 175th Representative Assembly (RA)—CEA’s highest policy-making body. What began with 80 teachers in 1848 has now grown to an association of over 40,000 members working together to improve teaching and learning conditions across the state. The teacher delegates who…
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Honor recognizes dedication, leadership, and advocacy for students, teachers, and communities In front of 400 of her peers, Bridgeport third-grade teacher Mikeya Stovall was presented with the Connecticut Education Association’s highest teaching award, the John McCormack Award for Teaching Excellence. Stovall was honored at the 175th annual CEA Representative Assembly, held at the Mohegan Sun…
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This Teacher Appreciation Week, CEA staff are sharing their own Because of a Teacher stories and offering up memories of the teachers who helped them get where they are today. Watch the videos.
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Despite two hours of impassioned pleas from community members unanimously in support of reversing cuts to the education budget the East Hampton Town Council voted to moved forward with those cuts.
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