On April 4, 1968, a long struggle for human rights and human dignity ended in the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet this terrible tragedy brought economic justice and respect to the city’s sanitation workers – justice and respect that all people deserve. This April 4, labor unions, civil rights organizations, and [...]
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The State Council for Educator Effectiveness is running a short online presentation and survey to gather educators’ ideas about its draft recommendations for a new statewide teacher and principal evaluation system: the first step in the implementation of Senate Bill 10-191. We encourage all teachers, preschool through high school, to take the survey which is [...]
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Our Association is building a nation of readers through NEA’s Read Across America. Now in its thirteenth year, this year-round program focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources. Read Across America Day is celebrated March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s author. Today, across our [...]
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Schools are competing to win $500 in the run-up to the close of the TELL Colorado Survey. How? By getting their TELL Colorado participation rate to at least 50 percent. Six schools have each won $500 so far: West Jefferson Middle School (Jefferson County) with 100% participation; Irish Elementary School in Ft. Collins (Poudre) with [...]
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K-12 teachers, there are only nine days left until the TELL Colorado Survey closes. Have you and your colleagues at your school completed the short 20-minute online survey? It’s a great chance to TELL Colorado what you want and need as a teacher, especially because of Gov. Hickenlooper’s proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 and the [...]
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Colorado’s Teacher of the Year, Michelle Pearson, will be honored on Tuesday, February 8, at the Legacy Foundation’s celebration of top public school educators and their best classroom practices. Michelle is a teacher of gifted students at Hulstrom Options School in Adams District 12. She’s a CEA member in District Twelve Educators Association. You can [...]
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Because we want Colorado educators to have the supportive working conditions they need to help their students achieve, CEA is a partner in the second TELL Survey for teachers and administrators. The survey will be open for four weeks: January 31 through February 28. “TELL” stands for Teaching, Empowering, Leading, and Learning. School-level results of [...]
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Those of us who were educators 25 years ago likely felt the same feeling on January 28, 1986, as we did when we heard that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated or as we felt on September 11, 2001. Anyone of school age or older in 1986 remembers the exact moment that the Challenger Space [...]
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The Colorado Education Association is a voluntary membership organization of 38,000 K-12 public school teachers and education support professionals, higher education faculty, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.
