Family stress and poverty rank highest as barriers to students’ academic success according to a new survey of the 2015 State Teachers of the Year — and Connecticut educators agree. After listening to Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year Cara Quinn give a compelling speech about poverty’s effect on her East Hartford students, CEA member delegates to the…
DetailsTeachers from across the state are sounding the alarm about the negative effects of SBAC on the social and emotional well-being of children. According to the initial findings of a new survey of K-12 teachers in Connecticut, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing is having a detrimental impact on children—from anger and frustration to…
DetailsA new CEA TV commercial featuring Connecticut students, teachers, and parents is now on the air urging lawmakers to pass legislation ensuring less testing and more learning in our public schools. The commercial asks members of the public to call their legislators and ask them to amend Senate Bill 1095. Watch the commercial below and…
DetailsChildren are spending more and more time on various digital devices to complete their schoolwork. What are parents’ reactions to this trend? A new study shows that, for the most part, parents see students’ use of technology for schoolwork as a good thing. The Marketplace survey of parents with children in grades 3-12 found that…
DetailsTeacher leaders from across the state took decisive action today to strengthen the organization’s position on the right of parents to opt their children out of high-stakes standardized tests and re-elect CEA President Sheila Cohen and Vice President Jeff Leake overwhelmingly. The motion on opting out was unanimously adopted by teachers who were delegates to…
DetailsWest Hartford teacher Liz Natale became famous among educators across the country last year with her Hartford Courant op-ed, “Why I Want To Give Up Teaching.” Today the Hartford Courant has up another opinion piece by Natale, “Why Smarter Balanced Tests Fail Students.” Natale writes, We teachers and school administrators are frequently instructed to ask…
DetailsApproximately six million children in the U.S. have one or more food allergies which can become an issue at any point during the school day – on the bus, at recess, or in the cafeteria or classroom. Helping all school staff be prepared to help prevent and manage a child’s severe allergic reaction is vital.…
DetailsThank you to the hundreds of CEA members who took time from their busy schedules to come to the State Capitol yesterday. Legislators heard your voices, and momentum is building for less testing and more learning in our schools. Click here to see photos from the rally. Watch the video below — and then click…
Details“We want legislators to get rid of SBAC now. The clock is ticking,” CEA President Sheila Cohen told teachers, principals, students, and the public at a rally tonight at the State Capitol in Hartford. In reaction, the crowd erupted in cheers, replying, “Let us teach. Let us teach. Let us teach.” More teaching and less…
DetailsIt’s almost here: your chance to show your support for less testing and more learning in our Connecticut schools. Join your colleagues from across the state on the North Lawn of the State Capitol Building at 5 p.m. tomorrow and let legislators know that teachers want to eliminate the burdensome SBAC test. Joining together, teachers will…
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