The Connecticut Department of Education today released the UConn Neag School of Education report on the implementation of SEED, Connecticut’s system for educator evaluation and development, in the 10 pilot districts/consortia during the 2012-13 school year. The 81-page report found that “SEED was implemented with a relatively high degree of fidelity.” It also outlined issues…
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Many of you have voiced concerns about the rapid changes in public education and their impact on students. CEA officers and staff have shared your concerns with state policymakers, and now they want to hear directly from you. Let your voice be heard. Join your colleagues and participate in Regional Teacher Meetings with state legislators.…
DetailsNASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, a Waterbury native and Crosby High School graduate, successfully completed a series of spacewalks on Dec. 24. Watch highlights of the spacewalk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOrzKtEW0xg. Mastracchio is using Facebook to keep followers updated on all the activities aboard the International Space Station. You can view his posts at https://www.facebook.com/AstroRM.
DetailsHave you been following NASA’s repairs to the International Space Station? Rick Mastracchio, one of the astronauts walking in space this week, is just one more example of the outstanding graduates of our public schools. A shout out to the teachers at Waterbury’s Crosby High School where Rick graduated.
Winter break is almost here, and if you have children of your own at home you may be looking for some ideas to keep them occupied. Here are just some of the events, activities, and places in Connecticut you might want to check out with your kids, grandkids, or nieces and nephews.
The group looking into a uniform school calendar for Connecticut heard from Secretary of the State Denise Merrill today about the need to close schools on Election Day.
Our lives changed one-year ago today, and they will never be the same. Today, families, friends, and educators in the small town of Newtown, across Connecticut and the entire country, are still struggling
Cromwell Public School employees are just some of the many around the state today who are remembering the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School and showing their support for the Newtown community by wearing green ribbons. Educators have purchased green ribbons to support the CEA Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund.
DetailsIt’s still so fresh in our minds that it seems like it happened just yesterday, but Saturday will mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that took the lives of 20 young children and six educators. Many of your CEA colleagues will join in a remembrance tomorrow by wearing…
DetailsThe kind of education system we have is shaped by the kind of society we want to live in, and if we want to change education, we need to change our society. That’s what Temple University Professor Jordan Shapiro writes in a piece for Forbes titled, “Education Is Working Just Fine.”