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SUMMARY:2026 CT Education Issues Summit
DESCRIPTION:\nAFT Connecticut has teamed up with PreK-12 public education partners and stakeholders to co-host this event aimed at identifying the protections needed to ensure long-term success for the state’s students. Teachers, school support personnel, lawmakers and national leaders will examine and discuss what’s at stake for communities and outline solutions that safeguard access to quality learning.\n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n\n\n\n9:30 am – Welcome & Introductions\n\n\n\n9:38 am – CGA Session Preview\n\n\n\n9:50-10:30 am – Panel Discussion: Educator Workforce\n\n\n\n10:35-10:55 am – Remarks – Fmr Secy. of Education Miguel\n\n\n\nCardona\n\n\n\n10:55-11:35 am – Panel Discussion: Improving Educational\n\n\n\nOutcomes\n\n\n\n11:45 am – Break & Serve Lunch\n\n\n\n12:00-12:40 pm – Lunch Discussion\n\n\n\n12:45-1:20 pm – Panel Discussion: Job Protections\n\n\n\n1:25-1:30 pm – Closing Comments & Adjourn\n\n\n\n\nCo-hosts include our labor allies in the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), as well as partners in the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) and the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS). National AFT President Randi Weingarten will be participating in the 12:00 pm lunch discussion.\n\n\n\nRegister to attend (no cost but required to plan for lunch)\n\n\n\n2026 ED Issues Summit Program_012826 ( https://aftct.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-ED-Issues-Summit-Program_012826.pdf )Download\n
URL:https://aftct.org/event/2026-ct-education-issues-summit/
ORGANIZER;CN=Teri Merisotis:MAILTO:tmerisotis@aftct.org
CATEGORIES:Politics,PSRP,Teachers
LOCATION:210, Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
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