Is The Way We Fund Our Local Public Schools in For Big Change?
The co-chair of the new task force reviewing the state’s education financing system said today that the door is wide open to new approaches. Ben Barnes, the task force co-chair…
SEBAC Changes Bylaws – Cuts to Education Still Possible
Governor Malloy released a budget cutting plan Friday which would chop 31 million in education funds from the state’s FY 2012 budget and 36.5 million from FY 2013. Although Malloy…
Waiting for Jobs Bill Details
CEA representatives and school superintendents from across the state turned out this morning in Hartford to get details about when and how the $110 million in new federal jobs money…
U.S. House Approves Funding for Teacher Jobs
The U.S. House of Representatives on August 10 approved legislation containing emergency funds to help states cope with the Great Recession and stave off massive layoffs of educators. The legislation…
Senate Passes Education Jobs Bill – Vote in the House on Tuesday
Yesterday the Senate passed legislation to save over 138,000 education jobs. Thank you so much for all your calls and emails to your Senators! Both Dodd and Lieberman voted yes…
Call Your Senators This Weekend and Monday to Save Education Jobs
Towns in Connecticut are facing hard economic times and you or your colleagues may be facing layoffs. Fewer teachers means larger class sizes and less individual attention for Connecticut’s students.…
House Passes Education Jobs Bill
Last 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…
Year Ends With Uncertainty: House May Vote on Education Jobs Today
As 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…
NEA Sponsoring Competition for Jobs Bill Supporters
Have 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…
Have You Asked Your Representative to Support the Education Jobs Bill?
More 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? …