Hayes Sponsors Legislation Against Arming Teachers
U.S. Congresswoman Jahana Hayes today returned to the school in Waterbury where she taught for fifteen years to highlight legislation she has introduced to keep guns out of classrooms. Joined…
DeVos’ School Safety Plan Ignores Schools’ Real Needs
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Federal Commission on School Safety was supposed to address gun violence in our schools and recommend ways schools can keep students safe. Instead, the commission yesterday…
DeVos’ School Safety Plan Ignores Schools’ Real Needs
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Federal Commission on School Safety was supposed to address gun violence in our schools and recommend ways schools can keep students safe. Instead, the commission yesterday released…
CEA, Other Educators Join Chris Murphy in Saying No to Arming Teachers
CEA joined U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and other Connecticut leaders in education at a news conference calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to abandon plans that would allow the use of federal funds to…
Teachers Run Statewide Relay in Support of Safe Schools
As students around the country marked the 19th anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, teachers in Connecticut sent a clear message that they, too,…
‘I Would Die for My Students, But I Shouldn’t Have To’
In the wee morning hours on Saturday, March 24, Connecticut teachers filled a bus bound for Washington, D.C., in a major show of support for students and safe schools. Teachers…
Teachers Organize Walk-Ins for School Safety
Before classes started this morning, teachers and school staff in Amity, Darien, East Haddam, Marlborough, Manchester, Stamford, West Hartford, and elsewhere throughout the state gathered in their schools’ parking lots…
Biden: “We Will Be Judged as a Society if We Do Nothing”
We will never be the same as we were before the tragedy in Newtown, Governor Dannel Malloy said this morning at a conference on reducing gun violence. “We have changed,”…
Gun Violence Prevention, School Safety Measures Key to Keeping Kids Safe
A New York Times/CBS News poll released today finds that nine out of ten Americans, including gun owners, support universal background checks for gun buyers. Strengthening background checks is one…
Governor Opposes Guns in Schools
The 2013 legislative session got underway today. While legislators face a number of major issues, including a looming budget crisis, all thoughts were on the horrific Dec. 14 shooting in…