If you’re a CEA member, NEA Member Benefits is the place to go for deals and discounts. Special offers this month include discounts on Six Flag Theme Park tickets, H&R Block services, the NEA Vehicle Protection Program Plan, and several travel programs. NEA Click & Save, the online discount buying service for NEA members, highlights…
DetailsDespite a snowy start to the morning, a rainbow appeared at Andover Elementary School today. The entire student body, from kindergarteners dressed in red to fifth graders in purple and sixth graders in pink, came together along with their teachers to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with reading. The rainbow theme, inspired by the Dr. Seuss…
DetailsCharter schools in CT, intended as laboratories of innovation, have become a parallel school system allowed to play by a different set of rules than those that govern traditional neighborhood public schools — and that needs to change. That was the message of CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg testifying before the state legislature’s Education Committee earlier…
DetailsCongress is reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind/Elementary and Secondary Education Act — America’s cornerstone education legislation. Members of Congress need to hear the voices of educators to make sure they get reauthorization right. Contact your members of Congress and find out more by clicking here.
DetailsCEA is speaking out on behalf of innocent educators who, although cleared of wrongdoing, continue to bear the stigma of being labeled “alleged perpetrators” by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). CEA attorney Chris Hankins yesterday spoke on behalf of these educators before the Connecticut Legislature’s Committee on Children, saying that keeping records on…
DetailsTwo new CEA public awareness TV ads featuring CEA members and Connecticut students will be playing on Connecticut TV stations starting tomorrow. The spots focus on the need to treat children as individuals, increase instructional time in schools, and reduce the number of required standardized tests. The ads feature Orange teacher Katie McDonald, Sharon teacher…
DetailsYour colleagues are already signing a new CEA petition to reduce overtesting in our schools. The petition is one piece of a new campaign CEA announced at a news conference this morning calling for a new, balanced approach that improves accountability, reduces testing by phasing out SBAC, and can serve as a foundation for legislation…
DetailsVoters—fed up with Connecticut burdening students with too much testing—want their state legislators to take action. At a news conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford today, CEA revealed a new, balanced approach that improves accountability, reduces testing by phasing out SBAC, and can serve as a foundation for legislation this year. CEA President…
DetailsThe Hartford Courant is featuring unsung Connecticut heroes and the paper wants your nominations. According to The Courant, hometown heroes are “the people who rarely grab the spotlight, but who change lives for the better with hard work, compassion, and insight.” Chances are, you know many teachers and other people who are extremely dedicated to…
DetailsIn today’s issue of The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof admits something too few are willing to say — “I was wrong,” he writes. Wrong, it turns out, about the importance of unions and the effect they have overall on the economy and the lives of the middle class. Kristof says he used to…
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