CEA supports sensible ways of assisting the state in its efforts to make up for decades of underfunding teachers’ retirement, including the governor and treasurer’s plan to smooth out the state’s payments to the fund over a longer period of time and lower the investment earning assumption to a more realistic rate. Teachers have consistently…
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Teachers, CEA leaders, and staff testified yesterday before the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus on issues critical to teachers this legislative session. These issues included school climate, classroom safety, the persistent shortage of ethnic minority educators, and funding for public schools. “It is vitally important that members of the caucus hear from…
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March is Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM), and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) website provides ideas for how to participate in MIOSM and promote support for school music. A menu offers downloadable MIOSM logos for web and print use, and activity ideas. How to Incorporate Music in Your Subject Suggests how teachers…
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Click here to enter the CEA Public Relations Award Competition and let your local and your members shine. Deadline is Feb. 28.
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Five General Assembly seats are up for grabs in the February 26 special election. Find out if there is an election in your town, and check out CEA’s Legislator Report Card to find out where the candidates stand on the issues important to you.
Governor Lamont will unveil his budget plan next Wednesday. This week, CEA joined other labor unions in a press conference calling on the governor to create a budget that works for all of us. Read story on blogcea.org.
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Teachers in Oregon are sharing their stories about the conditions they and their students are facing in classrooms. Watch their compelling stories about the disruptions they face daily.
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Many Connecticut children are losing out on learning time when disruptive behavior from another student continually interrupts the school day. Problematic student behavior is a major problem in our schools, but many legislators aren’t aware of what’s happening in your classroom. They need to hear your stories. On Friday, February 22, the legislature’s Education Committee…
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The second annual Read Across America Reading Bus Tour will be heading off across Eastern Connecticut on February 25 for a week full of visits to elementary schools. Over 1,000 fourth graders will get to board the bus for read alouds and hands-on activities, and will receive book bags, school supplies, and free books. CEA…
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The second annual Read Across America Reading Bus Tour will be heading off across Eastern Connecticut on February 25 for a week full of visits to elementary schools. Over 1,000 fourth graders will get to board the bus for read alouds and hands-on activities, and will receive book bags, school supplies, and free books. CEA…
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