Overworked, Not Lazy: Teachers Push Back On Absences Report - New Haven Independent After NHPS revealed that 180 of the city's 1,900 teachers are absent each day, teachers have spoken up about juggling illnesses, family responsibilities, low morale, and heavy workloads -- while often...

"Teaching has effectively become a “24/7” job. The exhaustion is real.” #FixtheFormula #TeacherBurnOut @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

Happening now: #union leaders urge #CTGeneralAssembly's budget-writing cmte boost investments in #paraprofessionals to assure all students & families can access vital #PublicEd services & supports. #FixTheFormula @aft.org @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctforall.bsky.social

City manager proposes $2.3M increase for Meriden Public Schools as district seeks more state funding Meriden City Manager Brian Daniels recommended a $2.3 million increase for the Board of Education for fiscal 2027.

“In Meriden, we’ve been tasked with doing more with less for quite some time.” #FixTheFormula @aftteach.bsky.social

Happening now: #union members join their students, admin & muni electeds in urging lawmakers & the governor #ProtectOurKids by taking action to #FixTheFormula, resist harmful #privatization. #StandUpCT @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @ctforall.bsky.social

Happening now: #NewHavenFederationofTeachers president, @leslieblatteau.bsky.social, urges lawmakers w/ the #CTGeneralAssembly’s edu cmte to #FixTheFormula when it comes to the state’s #PublicEd budget. #FundOurFuture @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

No school principal should ever have to tell the parent of a vulnerable child that they can’t keep their child safe at school. Or that their child can only come half—days because that’s the max they can offer for EA support. And yet this happens frequently in #OntEd.
#FixTheFormula

@mark-carney.bsky.social Québec’s hydroelectric resources (like rivers and dams) are not treated the same way as Alberta’s oil and gas. This is an inequity in how resource wealth is handled in Canada’s equalization formula.
Include Quebec Hydro in the equalization payment formula. #FixTheFormula

$3M allocated for a CT school district. Board of Education said they need twice that amount. “While it is something to help the Board of Education, it does not close the budget nor does it restore a single teacher cut or laid off,” teachers union President Carol Gale said.

$3M allocated for a CT school district. Board of Education said they need twice that amount.
#FundOurFutureCT #FixTheFormula
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Hartford mayor announces $3 million more for Hartford Public Schools Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced the funding on Tuesday. It will restore services and programs for city students, while preventing more cuts for Fiscal Year 2026.

#FundOurFutureCT #FixTheFormula
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Mayor announces $3 million in additional funding for Hartford schools Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced Tuesday the city has secured an additional $3 million for Hartford Public Schools. The school district was facing a $6.7 million budget deficit, threatening...

Mayor announces $3 million in additional funding for Hartford schools
#FundOurFutureCT #FixTheFormula @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @hft1018.bsky.social

Risking arrest to #FundOurFutureCT; today #union activists joined advocates in the @ctforall.bsky.social‬ coalition & engaged in #CivilDisobedience to demand #GovNedLamont support #RealSolutions for #PublicEd students across the state. #FixTheFormula @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social