Nonnewaug High School Agriscience Director William Davenport was sworn in as a member of the state Board of Education this morning at the board’s meeting in Hartford. He is the second educator on the board, joining AFT member Erin Benham, a Meriden literacy teacher. “I’m looking forward to sharing my 30 years in the classroom…
DetailsCEA has been a strong advocate for reducing the number of tests students are required to take, and today’s state Board of Education vote to adopt the SAT as the state’s mastery test for eleventh graders in place of SBAC moves Connecticut in the right direction. The board’s SAT vote comes as the last step…
DetailsRepresentatives on the new state committee examining annual statewide tests need to hear your personal stories about SBAC’s effect on your students. CEA leaders have raised strong concerns about the reliability and validity of SBAC and want to share educators’ concerns, challenges, and suggestions with state education officials and others. Educator Marcia Ferreira, a Windsor…
DetailsDonald Williams, CEA’s director of Policy, Research and Reform, stood up for the interests of public school students and teachers as a member of a panel today at UConn’s Neag School of Education. “To ignore poverty and racial isolation in high-poverty schools is to ignore the fundamental problem in those schools,” he said. The panel…
DetailsThis October, NEA Member Benefits is highlighting discounts on professional learning resources and books for your classroom as well as savings on a variety of travel programs. Don’t forget to check www.neamb.com frequently for the latest deals and discounts. NEA Click & Save “Buy-lights” for October 2015 Back-to-School deals abound. NEA Click & Save, the…
DetailsConnecticut continues to be number one when it comes to per capita income—but the state is also number one when it comes to income inequality. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2014 Connecticut had a per capita income of $64,864. That average, however, is skewed by a small group of high income…
DetailsExpand your Horizons: Learn more. Travel more. Volunteer more. That was the theme of today’s CEA-Retired Fall Issues Conference at the Aqua Turf in Southington. More than 200 CEA-R members learned about new programs that can help them remain active, continue learning, and make a difference. “Teachers are lifelong learners, and today’s conference introduced retired…
DetailsPublic high schools across the nation can score up to $3,000 for their sports departments with a California Casualty Thomas R. Brown Athletics Grant. California Casualty, provider of the NEA® Auto & Home Insurance Program, is providing $100,000 to offset budget cuts that have affected high school athletics. Applications must be received by January 15,…
DetailsMany new parents receive the advice that they should read aloud to their baby. It’s advice that’s grounded in research, as many studies have linked early shared reading at home to later success in the classroom—but what is it about reading to young children that makes it so important? Although conversations babies and young children…
DetailsUnless members of Congress act quickly and come to a budget agreement the country will once again face a government shutdown starting October 1. That would mean cuts of 1.4 percent to education and all other non-defense discretionary programs including public health, housing, and social services. These cuts would hurt our neediest children the most.…
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