CEA Future Educators Reach Out and Read
CEA Student Program (CEASP) members aren’t waiting around until they have classrooms of their own — they’re eager for any opportunity to make a difference in children’s lives. One such…
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A teacher evaluation initiative, studied in new research released today, offers an alternative to using unreliable standardized test scores to evaluate students and teachers. This alternative holds educators more accountable…
DetailsNaugatuck’s Read Across America Day Cements Community Ties
In Naugatuck, Read Across America Day not only fosters children’s love of reading, it’s also a day to strengthen relationships and ties between students and schools. High school students gave…
DetailsRead Across America Day Kicks Off With a Parade of Characters in Berlin
The classrooms at Hubbard School in Berlin were filled with book characters, including Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf, Amelia Bedelia, Captain Underpants, Pinkalicious, and Thing 1…
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“It’s outstanding and emotional.” Those were the words of CEA Vice President Jeff Leake today as he formally accepted and displayed for the first time, a bronze sculpture from Connecticut…
DetailsCEA Calls for Addressing Botched Implementation of Common Core
At a news conference this morning at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CEA leaders released a survey of members and called for teachers to play a central role in…
DetailsNo Time to Waste: CEA Urges Action to Address Botched CCSS Rollout
Saying time is of the essence, CEA today urged the new Connecticut Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Working Group* to convene immediately with teachers playing a central role in addressing…
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NEA offers a variety of educational resources to support teachers. Below is a selection of websites where you can find printables, books, instructional videos for you and your students, lesson…
DetailsNEA Course Correction on Common Core
By CEA President Sheila Cohen In a letter to members, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel has called for a course correction when it comes to Common Core, saying that “implementation…
DetailsPolicy Brief Supports Importance of Smaller Classes
A new policy brief validates what teachers have known all along: Class size matters. The brief, which summarizes academic literature on the topic, finds class size makes a difference when…
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