Women’s History Month in the Classroom
To help you teach about the Women’s Rights Movement and women’s achievements throughout our country’s history, check out these lesson plans, educational resources, and other information.
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CEF Book Drive Celebrates Literacy, Collects Thousands of Books
The Connecticut Education Foundation recently held its annual Read Across Connecticut Book Drive at Blue Back Square in West Hartford. For the third year in a row, CEF has successfully gathered thousands of new and used books to be distributed across Little Free Libraries and classroom libraries throughout Connecticut.
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Together We Rise: Bargaining for Our Future
Are you doing as well as you would like in negotiations? Is your negotiating team as effective as it could be? Have your members been frustrated by step freezes or low top step increases? It’s time to stop doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. Negotiations shouldn’t be something that…
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Making Waves for Reading at Mystic Aquarium
What happens when future teachers, young readers, and an aquarium full of sea life come together? A day full of stories, crafts, and smiles as CEA Aspiring Educators helped children celebrate Read Across Connecticut at Mystic Aquarium.
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Students, Educators, and Advocates Fill the Capitol to Demand Fair School Funding
The Capitol has been the center of a powerful statewide show of support today as buses from 11 school districts rolled into Hartford, carrying students and educators who joined other education advocates united behind one message: Connecticut must invest more in its public schools.
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Protecting Those Who Protect Our Students: Teachers Call for FOIA Privacy Reform
“As public school teachers, we need to know that we’re safe to come into work and do our jobs,” CEA Vice President Joslyn DeLancey told the legislature’s Government Oversight Committee during a public hearing.
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Join Us for CEA Lobby Day on April 8
It is vital that every one of our legislators hear directly from their educators about the issues impacting our members, our students, and public education. This unique event allows for members to join together at the State Capitol to lobby your legislators directly.
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Teachers Needed: Help Shape Critical Education Legislation
The legislature has public hearings this week on bills related to fair process in teacher terminations, privacy protections for teachers, and education funding. Speak out and be heard!
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Teachers Speak, Lawmakers Listen: Inside CEA’s Breakfast with Legislators
More than 150 CEA members explained why teachers need a fair process, privacy protections, paid student teaching, increases to education funding, and more.
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CEF Kicks-Off Annual Read Across Connecticut Celebration
The Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF) kicked off its annual Read Across Connecticut weeklong celebration to help spread the joy of reading to students across the state. This year, CEF is promoting their “Reading is a Llama Fun” initiative through videos, downloadable resources, a contest, and a book drive. “Reading is not just a fundamental part…
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