Making sure students are the winners in education session

Governor Malloy outlined his overarching education proposal during his State of the State speech today.

“This is the super bowl of education and we have thirteen weeks on the clock to work together to make sure every student wins,” said Sharon Palmer, president of AFT Connecticut.

“Everyone is paying attention and this is an opportunity to make sure we improve education for every child in Connecticut. Make no mistake, this will require give and take from all stakeholders. Governor Malloy has given us the starting point and now we need to work together and listen to the educators doing the work to enact legislation that improves education for all children.”

AFT Connecticut has proposed proven ideas to be included in legislation including:
-Strengthening community schools
-Improving collaboration amongst parents, teachers and administrators
-Teacher evaluation and development to help teachers improve
-Ensuring due process and rights at work
-Providing schools with the resources necessary to improve education  

“We have fifty thousand educators who will be implementing the plan we lay out and it will take a good team working together to win for the children.”

AFT CT (American Federation of Teachers Connecticut) is committed to improving the quality of education for every child in the state. Education reform issues like teacher tenure, teacher certification, teacher evaluations, early childhood education, charter schools, school funding and more need input from all educators. PreK-12 teachers, paraprofessionals and school related personnel are working every day to improve learning and help students to grow. From urban schools in Connecticut, such as Hartford, New Britain, New Haven and Meriden, to suburban schools, such as, Bloomfield, Simsbury and Waterford,  to regional school districts, our members are working to provide quality education.