Teachers joined CEA leaders at a news conference to urge legislators to adequately fund education. They called for fair ECS funding, restoring TEAM funds to support new teachers, and a budget that ensures teachers can retire with dignity.
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CEA supports activities organized by students; in addition, CEA is helping to coordinate events to spur Congressional action to keep our schools safe and end this epidemic of mass school shootings plaguing our country. Click here for details on the Walk-in for School Safety on March 14 and the March for Our Lives on March 24. Read…
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As oral arguments were heard in the nation’s highest court, rallies were being held in Connecticut and across the country to protect our rights and freedom to join together. CEA’s voice resonated in Hartford as President Sheila Cohen stood up against the attacks on our rights, our union, and the middle class. Read story. Watch video…
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“Stand up. Rise up. Lift up. No justice, no peace.” That was the rallying cry of more than 350 union workers on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford today. CEA leaders were joined by labor leaders from across the state and legislators in speaking out to protect the rights and freedom of…
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This morning kicked off the Connecticut Education Foundation’s 2018 Read Across America Reading Bus Tour, featuring a 38-foot bus decorated with characters from popular Dr. Seuss books and outfitted with bookshelves, benches, carpeting, and 3,000 donated books. Sponsored by CEF, the nonprofit arm of the Connecticut Education Association, the weeklong literacy event includes guest readers,…
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On Monday, February 26, at 12:00 p.m., working people will hold simultaneous rallies in four cities across Connecticut to stand up for their freedom to come together and fight for decent and equitable pay, affordable health care, quality schools, and vibrant communities. They will join thousands of workers across the country who will be taking…
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The Connecticut Education Association does not endorse the idea that teachers should bring guns into the classroom. Teachers must focus on educating students. Asking teachers to be armed, paramilitary operatives as a result of the inability of Congress to pass gun violence prevention legislation is madness. We place enough mandates on our teachers—Congress needs to…
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Quality public education does not happen without adequate funding. That was the message from CEA teachers and leaders who held a news conference at the Legislative Office Building this afternoon. The news conference came in advance of a public hearing before the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, where teachers pushed for the restoration of education cost share…
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Now more than ever it’s important for Connecticut teachers to understand the vital connection between teacher voice, good salaries and working conditions, and the strength of the union—and how union strength depends on member engagement. In states where union strength has been eroded, so too have teacher salaries, benefits, and working conditions. Teachers in…
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