Pathways to Achievement

NBC Education Nation starts in Denver tonight

ceawhatworks — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:39:06 +0000

NBC’s Education Nation and its annual focus on public education is right in our backyard. Channel 9 TV, an NBC affiliate, is the major partner in the events through April 20. You can expect to hear a lot about Colorado’s education reforms of the last few years: the recent overhaul of the state’s academic content [...]

April 11: State Board to consider SB 191 teacher evaluation appeals process

ceawhatworks — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:39:09 +0000

Tomorrow the State Board of Education will vote on the appeals process in Senate Bill 191, the teacher-principal evaluation system. The board’s vote is part of the rulemaking process on education legislation. After the State Board’s vote, the new rule goes to the Legislature where the House and Senate will vote on it. The new [...]

Furloughs cause missed opportunity for JeffCo students

ceawhatworks — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:47:17 +0000

“Time is already so short, and they’re already doing so much with so little,” Tonya Aultman-Bettridge said as she reflected on the school staff. She is standing in front of Semper Elementary School in Westminster, where her son Will started kindergarten many years ago and is now nearing the end of 6th grade. The school [...]

CEA working in partnership with education groups, others on early literacy

ceawhatworks — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:38:07 +0000

During February 27-March 2, the Colorado Education Association (CEA) was proud to play a role in Colorado Literacy Week, a vibrant movement led by Governor John Hickenlooper, Lt. Governor Joe Garcia and literally scores of groups around the state. Literacy Week was the outgrowth of a broad coalition of partners including business, elected and community [...]

Teacher unions step up to lead education reform

ceawhatworks — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:56:23 +0000

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel is featured on the front page of the Huffington Post’s Education section today, talking about NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign and what educators are doing to improve schools and boost student achievement. Van Roekel, an Arizona high school math teacher, wrote about Romulus Middle School in Detroit, summarizing what he learned [...]

Bargaining the best school system for educators, students

ceawhatworks — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:49:39 +0000

The Colorado Education Association hosted more than 100 members from across the state in Denver, Nov. 17 – 19, to share skills and knowledge in the science and art of negotiations. “Our voices matter,” said Greg McQuade, CEA’s director of bargaining at the Association’s fall bargaining conference. “We bargain for fair employment practices and improved salaries [...]

Association’s fall bargaining conference

ceawhatworks — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:47:53 +0000

Association's fall bargaining conference

This week: The 90th American Education Week

ceawhatworks — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:04:51 +0000

We’re celebrating the 90th anniversary of American public education this week, November 13-19. Celebrated each year the week before Thanksgiving, American Education Week (AEW) was first celebrated in 1921 with cosponsors NEA and the American Legion. The week-long celebration grew out of national concern about illiteracy. The original goal of American Education Week — to [...]

State Board endorses statewide evaluation system

ceawhatworks — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:07:46 +0000

On Wednesday, the Colorado State Board of Education approved rules and regulations for the implementation of Senate Bill 10-191. CEA is generally satisfied with the outcome of the State Board’s deliberations and final vote. We view the new rules as a first step in implementing SB 191 and in the creation of a comprehensive, high quality, [...]

Monarch High School science teacher named 2012 Colorado Teacher of the Year

ceawhatworks — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:42:30 +0000

Kristin Donley, a science teacher at Monarch High School in Louisville, was named the 2012 Colorado Teacher of the Year in a surprise announcement, Oct. 28, attended by CEA President Beverly Ingle.