Connecticut Education Association (CEA) starts TV advertising campaign to promote their legislation
Following this past weekend’s CEA election, Connecticut’s largest union has begun a new television advertising campaign to push the “less testing, more learning message.”
While the TV ad urges the public to call state legislators in support of the CEA’s bill to phase out the SBAC test, the ad unfortunately fails to support the opt-out movement or even mention that Connecticut parents have a fundamental right to refuse to have their children take the unfair and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test.
During the recent CEA convention, the delegates did adopt a resolution in support of opt-out, but the message didn’t make it to their TV ad.
According to the CEA blog today,
“A new CEA TV commercial featuring Connecticut students, teachers, and parents is now on the air urging lawmakers to pass legislation ensuring less testing and more learning in our public schools. The commercial asks members of the public to call their legislators and ask them to amend Senate Bill 1095.Watch the commercial below and then call your legislators and share how SBAC testing is affecting your students.”
You can see the TV ad by clicking the following link; https://youtu.be/B3K2z5kob7k
Meanwhile, around the nation, parents, students, teachers, teacher unions and elected officials continue the push back against the Common Core testing scheme. Here are just Connecticut Education Association (CEA) starts TV advertising campaign to promote their legislation - Wait What?:
