The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) announced today that it has created the “Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund” within the organization’s non-profit arm, the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF). CEA President…
DetailsThe United States House of Representatives last night followed the Senate in avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff by passing the Tax Relief Extension Act. The plan is designed to block…
DetailsThis holiday season it appears impossible to find anyone who isn’t grieving for the youngsters and educators who died in the mass shooting in Newtown. Friends who know that I…
DetailsConnecticut’s 2012 Teacher of the Year David Bosso has an extraordinary essay appearing in today’s Hartford Courant. As we reflect on the tragedy in Sandy Hook and mourn the innocent…
DetailsStatement from CEA President Sheila Cohen on Newtown School Shooting CEA is deeply saddened by the horrific tragedy that took the lives of so many children and adults at Sandy…
Details“I live the achievement gap. It’s my reality, every day.” That’s what Kristen Record, Connecticut’s 2011 Teacher of the Year, told a crowd of 100 people at the Hartford Public…
DetailsGovernor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman witnessed positive changes happening at Stanton Elementary School in Norwich today—changes that are part of Stanton’s Turnaround Plan in the new…
Details“It’s called the Southington High School Wall of Honor, and it includes an incredible list of people who grew up in our town, graduated from our schools, and went on…
DetailsPassionate. That’s the word fellow teachers use to describe Blaise Messinger, a fifth-grade teacher at Cromwell’s Woodside Intermediate School and Connecticut’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Educators, family, friends, and…
DetailsLooking for examples of how to incorporate technology into your classroom? Teachers Linda Massucci, Cathy Binkowski, and Anne Grant, and their third and fourth grade students at Cornwall Consolidated School…
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