Join teachers from across the state for our annual CEA Breakfast with Legislators this February 7. This unique opportunity will allow you to talk directly with legislators about what’s going on in your classroom and share what you and your students need to be successful.
The legislative process can at times be slow-moving and frustrating, but persistent advocacy pays off. That’s certainly the case with teachers’ efforts to repeal the onerous Foundations of Reading Survey which, after years of educator advocacy, led to the Connecticut legislature’s 2025 passage of a bill eliminating the survey requirement.
“I appreciate that you continue to put one foot in front of the other and fight the good fight for public education despite our current climate,” CEA President Kate Dias told the more than 100 local union leaders from across the state who joined her yesterday for the virtual CEA County Forum.
A dozen CEA Aspiring Educators shared with Education Committee Co-Chair Rep. Jennifer Leeper and Co-Vice Chair Rep. Kevin Brown how difficult the path to teaching is today with costs that mount during unpaid student teaching and low salaries once they finally enter the profession and begin to pay back student loans.
In the latest episode of CEA’s podcast, Education Committee Co-chair Rep. Jennifer Leeper and Co-vice Chair Rep. Kevin Brown discuss this year’s top priorities for the Education Committee—and why teachers’ voices are key to getting good bills passed.
Special education in Connecticut is facing a crisis, and today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, stakeholders and legislators held a press conference to share recommendations for addressing some of the most pressing issues in special education.
At their first press conference of the legislative session, House and Senate Democrats today announced that education and housing will be their two central priorities this winter and spring.
Legislators are back in Hartford today, and Governor Ned Lamont kicked off the 2025 legislative session, which runs until June 4, with his State of the State Address before the joint chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly.
As Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session kicks off next week, CEA-Retired is gearing up to play a pivotal role in advocating for teachers and public education.
Growing and diversifying Connecticut’s professional educator workforce, which has long been at the center of CEA’s legislative, policymaking, communications, and training efforts, was the subject of a daylong symposium hosted by the Connecticut State Department of Education.