News and Advocacy

The expanding responsibilities of school principals in 2025 took center stage during a roundtable as part of National Principals Month.
For nearly two decades, Principal Javier Arriola-Lopez has led Carson Elementary with vision.
The 2026 Diann Woodard Scholarship online application and guidelines are now open. If you have a graduating high school senior planning to attend college in 2026, now is the time to encourage them to apply!
AFSA honored five exceptional high school seniors with the prestigious Diann Woodard Scholarship in 2025, recognizing their academic achievements, unwavering dedication to community service, and exemplary work ethic.
Straight out of high school, Tom Carty enlisted in the U.S. Army. Today, he is the long-time principal of P.S/I.S. 49, a highly successful school in Middle Village, Queens.
This year’s day-and-a-half meeting, hosted by the Oakland Unified administrators’ union, focused on the role of organized labor in defending equity, fairness, and respect for education’s front-line leaders.

CRISIS RESPONSE: WHAT SCHOOL LEADERS NEED TO KNOW NOW 

First things first: Please protect yourself as you protect your students. Don’t guess. Don’t try to figure things out alone. That’s why you have us. All of us.

We will build an army of teachers to defeat the teachers unions once and for all. This fight is going national and we will get our schools back.
Despite frequent headlines highlighting political clashes at school board meetings, new research shows that such confrontations are the exception—not the rule.