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If you need help balancing the books, ask the leaders who manage their own abysmal budgets every year; we continuously find solutions that aren’t this detrimental to our children.
“Providing mentors to school leaders is the most important thing," Fran says. "This is a passion of mine. Never undersell mentoring. I had so many mentors, it’s the reason I was able to have success and longevity.”
The multiday conference focused on giving school leaders practical tools to succeed at the bargaining table and beyond.
"I just feel that being a school leader has got to be in your heart. It's your job to serve this community, parents and everyone else, and to take part in that same fight, all believing that students always come first," Victor says.
AFSA delegates participated in meetings, floor debates, and convention business that culminated in the unanimous adoption of resolutions outlining the AFL-CIO's priorities for the next five years.
On Juneteenth, we remember a truth that extends far beyond a single day in history: while freedom was delayed, the pursuit of knowledge never stopped.
All of Moira Coogan's life, a muse has watched over her, instilling in her the values that have made her the socially aware educator and union leader she is today.
AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council during the opening session of the labor federation’s 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis.
Delegates to the AFL-CIO's 30th Constitutional Convention voted to reelect Liz Shuler as president and Fred Redmond as secretary-treasurer, extending the leadership team's tenure at the helm of the nation's largest labor federation.