CEA-Retired Members Play Vital Role Advocating, Speaking Out

“We need to stand together and when we do, we do great things,” NEA Executive Committee member Greg Johnson told CEA-Retired members this morning. Johnson, a high school choir director in Mustang, Oklahoma, was the keynote speaker at the CEA-Retired Annual Spring Business Meeting. Johnson thanked retired educators for their many years of service as…

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Educators Can Help Put an End to Overtesting in Connecticut Schools

“We need educators from across the state to stand up and speak out to end burdensome, high-stakes testing in Connecticut,” said CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg. Waxenberg told Hartford County CEA leaders at a forum in Hartford earlier this week that legislators are considering a testing bill, Senate Bill 1095, but it must be amended…

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CEA-Retired Members Speak Up at the State Capitol

While many of their former colleagues were busy in the classroom today, retired teachers did their part to improve education in Connecticut by talking with their elected representatives at the State Capitol. More than 80 retired teachers — members of CEA-Retired, AFT Connecticut, and the Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut — sought out their legislators…

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CEA Joins Congressman Courtney for Announcement on Bill to Repeal Tax that Would Hurt Educators

CEA President Sheila Cohen joined U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney today as he unveiled legislation that would eliminate the excise tax on higher-cost health insurance plans scheduled to take effect in 2018. The Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act has 65 cosponsors and would repeal the tax that unfairly burdens Connecticut educators and other members of…

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