News and Advocacy

School Board Candidates: Answer to School Leaders First

CBoE + CPAA Candidate Convos run October 6 through October 20. Show up. Bring a colleague. Make them answer.

Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrate First

 “Every one of our students lives in a city Latino people helped build. That is everyone’s history.”

AFSA Calls on FCC to Preserve and Strengthen E-Rate

School leaders say reliable broadband is basic school infrastructure.

AFSA Board Focuses on Organizing, Union Operations and Issues Facing School Leaders

These meetings give us the opportunity to listen to one another, identify where our members need support and turn those conversations into action.

Living Our Values: Inclusion at the Center of the 2026 Leadership Exchange

The 2026 Leadership Exchange brought together CPAA leaders from schools across Chicago for two days of learning and connection… plus there was plenty of infectious energy. Different buildings. Different leaders. Different roles. Different perspectives. Different needs. All in one room, figuring out how that individuality adds up to one union… speaking with one voice.

Pam Farrell: Championing the Arts and Her Members

Pam says of AFSA, "As soon as we met the team, we knew we had found a home. They have been so instrumental as a resource and a feeling that we are not alone. As AFSA 151, we are part of a larger union family, and that means a lot when you are doing this work.”

NYC Council to Take Up AFSA’s Call for National School Safety Task Force

Resolution to be introduced Sept. 10 calls on Congress and the President to act as new research highlights threats facing school leaders responsible for keeping students and staff safe.

Chicago Is a Union Town. Always Has Been.

Long before CPAA existed, this city was already writing the story of what working people can win when they stand together. The eight-hour workday, the weekend, the very idea that a workplace owes its people dignity and due process... a lot of that history runs straight through Chicago.  

New Study: Transgender and Nonbinary Students Face Discrimination at School, While Supportive Educators Help Them Thrive

Among the most significant findings, 56% of transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive, or TGE, students surveyed by The Trevor Project said their school had at least one discriminatory policy or practice targeting LGBTQ+ students.