During the first week of August, twelve CEA members attended the MTA Summer Conference at UMass Amherst.  There was a tremendous range of experiences, almost universally significantly positive! Mary Elizabeth Cranton, a 6th grade Math teacher at Cambridge Street Upper School, took a few workshops about student centered instruction and will put them to use in her classroom this year. Lisa Ebel, a building substitute at the Morse School attended four workshops and participated in networking … [Read more...]

Eight CEA members went to the NEA Representative Assembly in Washington DC in early July.  It is an amazing experience to be in a room with nearly 10,000 educators from all across the country debating the priorities of the NEA for the coming year.  Topics of conversation included reactions to the authorization of ESSA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act - the next, but greatly improved No Child Left Behind), the school to prison pipeline, LGBTQ issues and high stakes testing.  A highlight of … [Read more...]

Coffee, Bagels and Danish will be served at each location on the following days: Tuesday, August 30th Peabody School Rindge Avenue Upper School Tuesday, September 6th 159 Thorndike Street Kennedy-Longfellow School Cambridge Street Upper School Morse School Wednesday, September 7th Baldwin School Cambridgeport School Fletcher Maynard Academy Graham and Parks School Thursday, September 8th Amigos School Haggerty School Tobin Montessori School Vassal Lane Upper … [Read more...]