From minority teacher recruitment to school funding and challenges facing education today, hear the priorities of new Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona. Listen to the WSHU Radio interview.
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That’s the question new Department of Children and Families Commissioner Vannessa Dorantes posed to teachers during CEA’s Q&A meeting with DCF officials Monday night. The commissioner and her staff listened and responded to teachers’ concerns on a host of topics, including mandated reporting issues, over-reporting by administrators, retaliatory reports against teachers, seatbelt reporting, increased DCF investigations, and more. Read about this important topic on blogcea.org or watch the video of the meeting.
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A change to the retired teachers’ health insurance program that was adopted by the State Teachers’ Retirement Board (TRB) th9is month will impact retired teachers and spouses who are on—or will soon be on—the TRB’s Medicare supplement (65 and older) plan.
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Due to errors in the initial mailings, an updated mailing is being sent out from Anthem. The new mailing will include a premium comparison for 2020 and there will be updates to the Health Insurance Change Form and Comparison Guide. Please let your fellow retirees know these are on their way! We apologize for the…
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Attend a CEA-Retired County Meeting and stay connected to the latest news and developments that impact you in your retirement years.
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Social Security has announced that they will be granting a cost of living increase of 2.8% for the year 2019. Based on the statutes governing Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for CTRB members, the Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board will be granting COLA as follows.
DetailsConnecticut public school teachers are sharing hundreds of stories about extreme behaviors in their schools.
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The #RedForEd movement is only getting stronger—from Chicago, to Fairplay, CO to Little Rock, to Mendota, IL. Educators and their allies are coming together in communities across the country to create better schools for our children. Today marks the third day of the Chicago Teachers Union’s strike. Twenty-five thousand teachers and 7,000 support staff have…
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“The needs of students today are much greater than they were 20 years ago,” said Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona during an interview on WNPR’s Where We Live Program this morning. “I don’t think that we’ve done enough to make sure that we’re providing teachers with support and professional learning to meet the demands of the…
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