President Obama will give his State of the Union address at 9:00 tonight, and Education Week and The Huffington Post are reporting he is likely to announce an investment in early-childhood education. Education Week reporter Alyson Klein writes, “Advocates are expecting some sort of policy proposal, even though the president isn’t likely to have a lot…
DetailsFrom bake sales to basketball tournaments, there’s been an outpouring of support for the Newtown community from across the state, nation, and world. The Sandy Hook Memorial and Scholarship Fund established by the CEA Board of Directors continues to receive many generous donations from CEA and NEA members, as well as from many members of…
DetailsAt a ceremony in her honor at East Hampton Middle School this week, long-time State Rep. Gail Hamm heard from teachers how much they have appreciated her work on their behalf. Rep. Hamm received the CEA Salutes Award and a $250 contribution in her honor to a scholarship fund at an event organized by the…
DetailsDespite the state’s fiscal woes, Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced a proposal to increase Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funding to 117 of the state’s 169 cities and towns, while maintaining level funding for the remaining municipalities. CEA President Sheila Cohen, CEA Vice President Jeff Leake, CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg, AFT-CT President Melodie Peters,…
DetailsThe state process involving school districts developing new teacher evaluation plans is more fluid than it originally appeared, based on extensive discussion on Monday, February 4, among State Department of Education officials, union leaders, school superintendents, principals, and other stakeholders. The discussion took place at the state Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC), which reconvened on…
DetailsWe’ve come a long way since early unions fought for and Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, improving labor conditions and the well-being of workers. But today’s students don’t have adequate opportunities to learn about the importance of the labor movement and the role workers have played in our nation’s history. A…
DetailsThe Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) that met last year to develop state guidelines for educator evaluation will meet again Monday for the first time since PEAC members approved the guidelines in June. A limited number of districts around the state have been piloting the System for Educator Evaluation and Development (SEED) this year and…
DetailsA poll released this morning by the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Courant found that 64% of Connecticut residents favor stricter laws for gun sales. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said laws should stay the same. Fifty-seven percent said the tragedy in Newtown had made they more likely to support stricter gun laws. Read more…
DetailsThe legislative Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety is holding a hearing at Newtown High School tonight. You can watch Newtown residents speaking out live on the Channel 3 website here. Read more about the hearing from the Danbury News Times.
DetailsIn communities with high rates of poverty, “schools are really all that’s left of the safety net for children,” NYU Professor Pedro Noguera told a WNPR host this morning. Noguera was on the show Where We Live prior to speaking at a Hartford Foundation for Public Giving event. Noguera has first-hand knowledge of the pressures…
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