Thanks to CEA’s news release, condemning Steve Baleshiski’s hate speech against a survivor of the Parkland shooting, the republican candidate for State Representative in Berlin has dropped out of the race. Read Hartford Courant story.
NEA Vice President Becky Pringle, CEA President Jeff Leake, and dozens of teachers showed their support for Jahana Hayes by knocking on doors in Danbury. Read the story.
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Sheena Graham, a performing arts and choir teacher at Bridgeport’s Harding High School, is Connecticut’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. Read about this exemplary educator on blogcea.org. Read the news release.
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Teachers are outraged over Connecticut Senator Michael McLachlan’s comments to arm teachers. Read story.
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Educators say school safety is an issue, guns not the answer.
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On November 11, we honor the service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Originally proclaimed Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I, it was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to include all American veterans. The following lessons, activities, games, and resources will help your students celebrate…
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Brooklyn Elementary School fourth grade teacher Sean Maloney, a fan of Kevin Costner’s character in Field of Dreams, has turned part of his four-acre Woodstock property into a replica of Fenway Park—Red Sox championship banners, scoreboard, stadium lights, and all. True to the movie’s memorable line—If you build it, he will come—Maloney’s own ballfield has…
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Brooklyn Elementary School fourth grade teacher Sean Maloney, a fan of Kevin Costner’s character in Field of Dreams, has turned part of his four-acre Woodstock property into a replica of Fenway Park—Red Sox championship banners, scoreboard, stadium lights, and all.
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CEA member Sheena Graham, a performing arts and choir teacher at Bridgeport’s Harding High School, has been named Connecticut’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. Along with her colleagues and students gathered in the school’s media center this morning, CEA President Jeff Leake and Vice President Tom Nicholas were on hand to congratulate Graham as the…
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With less than four weeks left until Election Day, dozens of CEA members, staff, and leaders—joined by NEA Vice President Becky Pringle—came out to Danbury this weekend in a show of support for 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes, who is running for office in Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District. “Everything is at stake,”…
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