Connecticut Mastery Test results were released this morning – complete results can be found here. Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan said, “This year’s test results show that from 2006 to 2010, there is a positive trend of improved student achievement across all six grades and academic disciplines, which is encouraging. Our students are performing better, but…
DetailsThe CEA members who attended this year’s National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA) are glad to be home after a rewarding but busy time in New Orleans. The Connecticut delegation joined almost 8,500 of their colleagues to set policy for the organization, honor education activists from across the country and around the globe, and…
DetailsCEA delegates recently joined their colleagues from around the country in New Orleans for the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly (NEA RA). The NEA RA is the highest decision-making body within the over 3.2 million-member NEA. With over 9,000 delegates, the RA is also the world’s largest democratic deliberative body. A different city is chosen…
DetailsLast night the U.S. House of Representatives passed $10 billion in funding for education jobs with a vote of 239-182. Thank you to all of you who called and emailed your Representatives! The Senate will take up educator jobs funding after the July 4 recess. If the bill passes it will save an estimated 138,000 educator…
DetailsAs summer officially arrives and schools have closed, many questions about what the future holds remain unanswered. Funding from the federal government to support educators’ jobs remains uncertain but the latest word is that the House Rules Committee is discussing the process for a vote today on education jobs funding. Please call or email your…
DetailsMerit pay has been the subject of much skepticism for good reason. Just last week Mathematica, a nonpartisan research firm, released its second report on the TAP program (the Teacher Advancement Program implemented in Chicago while Arne Duncan was CEO). TAP was introduced in the 1990s by the Milken Foundation and is a career ladder…
DetailsCEA held a Résumé, Cover Letter, and Interviewing Hints Workshop Tuesday for teachers who are new to the job market or are facing a layoff. CEA UniServ Representative Michele Ridolfi O’Neill and Torrington Schools Human Resources Director Bill Joslyn gave presentations which included information on making a good first impression, how to make a résumé…
DetailsHave you emailed Congress yet? Emailing your U.S. Representatives and Senators only takes a couple of minutes, has a big impact, and you could win an iPod nano! NEA is sponsoring a competition among the states to see who can send the most e-mails to Congress in support of jobs funding in the Emergency Supplemental…
DetailsMore than a thousand CEA members have called or sent their Congressional representatives an email to urge that the national teacher jobs bill be kept alive. Have you joined them? It’s vital that more teachers take action to extend the advocacy. Keeping the calls and emails going to Capitol Hill provides more reasons to illustrate…
DetailsThe State Board of Education met this Wednesday and began a discussion of the proposed certification changes. Mary Loftus Levine, CEA Director of Policy and Professional Practice, and Linette Branham, CEA Educational Issues Specialist, spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. They urged the Board to listen to what educators have been saying…
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