State Evaluation Council to Meet Tomorrow
Everyone agrees that the state’s new evaluation system is a work in progress. It’s due to be implemented in less than two months in local school districts, and there are…
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2013 National Teacher of the Year Jeff Charbonneau is proud to be a teacher and he urged 9,000 fellow educators gathered at the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly in Atlanta,…
DetailsEmpowering Teachers and Creating Change
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel sounded a note familiar to CEA members in his NEA RA keynote address: It’s time to give teachers a meaningful role in school improvement. CEA…
DetailsCalling All History & Social Studies Teachers
It’s remarkable when people behave in a gallant and chivalric way. And it’s why we should stop and pause to mark the 150th anniversary of the second day of the…
DetailsA Different Approach to Summer School
Some children spend a good portion of summer vacation in front of the TV, while others are exposed to a variety of enrichment activities. An article in yesterday’s New York…
DetailsMoving Forward
The headlines of many of the nation’s leading newspapers today commemorate the significance of yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court decision mandating new federal recognition of gay couples. While the news stories…
DetailsFlexibility Implementing Education Reform
Educators here in Connecticut and across the country are working hard to meet historic challenges. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced that states can request flexibility in two…
DetailsTeachers Learning from Teachers
2009 National Teacher of the Year and Greenwich educator Tony Mullen thinks that all new educators should have the benefit of spending a year with a master-teacher. In a recent…
DetailsThe Challenge of Change
The CEA Advisor will be arriving on your doorstep this week. Check out the issue (in print or online) to learn more about teacher evaluations, legislative victories, money for public…
DetailsSandy Hook Community in Our Thoughts
Today marks the six-month anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and our hearts remain heavy with grief for everyone touched by the tragedy. CEA President Sheila Cohen…
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