Celebrate the Thanksgiving season in the classroom and at home with interdisciplinary lesson plans, quizzes, activities, games, trivia, books, and movies compiled by Phil Nast for NEA. Resources For: Grades K-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12
DetailsThe holidays can be tough on an educator’s wallet, but with these 10 tips from NEA Member Benefits, you can give more and spend less. If you’re tempted to apply for a loan to finance the winter holidays, you’re not alone. Individual shoppers spent an average of over $800 during the 2014 season, according to…
DetailsSuccessfully engaging families and communities is one of the most important means schools have of ensuring student success, yet community engagement frequently isn’t the priority it deserves to be. Today, on American Education Week’s Parents Day, we look back at the information author and parent engagement expert Anne Henderson shared at a CEA sponsored forum…
DetailsOver 100 future educators from around Connecticut will be giving up their Saturday tomorrow to come together for professional learning and networking opportunities at the CEA Student Program (CEA-SP) Fall Conference. CEA-SP members have been busy planning the conference, but it’s only one of a variety of projects the group has already undertaken this fall.…
DetailsHow will your students remember you? That was the question Waterbury history teacher and Connecticut 2016 Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes posed to her fellow district Teachers of the Year at a ceremony in their honor. The desire to be a positive influence on her students clearly drives the Kennedy High School teacher, who said…
DetailsOn November 11, we honor the wartime 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, Veterans Day was established in 1954 to include American veterans of all wars. The following lessons, activities, games, and resources compiled by Phil…
DetailsAn experimental preschool program for low-income students, funded by Goldman Sachs, is drawing criticism. The program is geared toward helping underprivileged students in Utah, but it makes money for investors based on the number of “at-risk” students who avoid special education in kindergarten. While some are calling the program a success, reporter Nathaniel Popper’s article,…
DetailsAs we approach the holiday season and begin to think about gifts and preparing for holiday gatherings, remember to check out the many deals and discounts available to CEA members from NEA Member Benefits. Below are the highlighted offers for November. NEA Click & Save “Buy-lights” for November 2015 Get a head start on holiday…
DetailsTeachers have been calling attention to the effects of poverty on students and the achievement gap for years. Now new analyses are offering new evidence of what educators have known all along—socioeconomic factors play a big role in children’s educational success, and international comparisons are often impacted. U.S. students do not, on average, score highly…
DetailsCome together with your fellow educators and make a child’s holiday brighter by participating in the Holiday Bear Project, sponsored by CEA’s charitable organization, the Connecticut Education Foundation (CEF). The program matches needy public school students with sponsors who purchase gifts for the children who would otherwise receive none. The Holiday Bear Project has grown…
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