CEA is leading the charge in advocating for repealing the teacher tax and fully funding our schools, but legislators need to hear from you. TAKE ACTION NOW Contact Your Legislators Tell them why the teacher tax is unfair and ask them to support HB 5430 AAC Teachers’ Retirement Commission Contributions and roll back the 1% increase in…
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Oklahoma educators, support professionals, parents, students, and community members have been PACKING the Oklahoma State Capitol this week to speak up on behalf of Oklahoma’s children! Can you support them by buying them lunch?
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Your voice can make the difference in passing new laws to prevent assaults on teachers. Call your legislators today and tell them to vote for SB 453: AAC Classroom Safety and Disruptive Behavior, to ensure schools are safe places to work and learn. Contact Your Legislators Tell them to pass SB 453 to prevent assaults on…
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How can teacher leaders enable creativity, collaboration, and innovation in their classrooms and beyond? Come to the second annual teacher leader institute this May at Central Connecticut State University to find out.
In the wee morning hours on Saturday, March 24, Connecticut teachers filled a bus bound for Washington, D.C., in a major show of support for students and safe schools. Teachers from Avon, Bloomfield, Cheshire, Clinton, Cornwall, Coventry, East Hartford, Killingly, Manchester, Mansfield, Newington, Norwich, Tolland, Trumbull, and Waterbury—as well as retired educators from around the…
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Teachers from Avon, Bloomfield, Cheshire, Clinton, Cornwall, Coventry, East Hartford, Killingly, Manchester, Mansfield, Newington, Norwich, Tolland, Trumbull, and Waterbury—as well as retired educators from around the state—participated in the student-led March for Our Lives ast the nation’s capital.
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Kicked, bitten, and thrown to the ground. Connecticut teachers say they’ve had enough.
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Chanting “enough is enough” and “we want gun control now,” students, teachers, parents, and community members marched from the Corning Fountain in Bushnell Park to the steps of the State Capitol for the March For Our Lives Rally. The Hartford rally was just one of nearly a dozen similar demonstrations held across the state, and…
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As surprising as it may sound, students biting, kicking, throwing furniture, and hurting other students and teachers has become common in schools across Connecticut, CEA Program Development Specialist Robyn Kaplan-Cho told WTIC’s Ray Dunaway during an appearance on his radio show this morning. “Teachers are basically expected to take care of every possible societal ill…
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Now, when public school music programs face budget cuts, is a critical time to support music in our schools. 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. Lesson Plans ReadWriteThink.org has a number of K-12 lesson…
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