News and Advocacy

APs ARE Foundational

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.

AFSA Statement on the House’s “Less Bureaucracy, Better Education” Legislative Package

AFSA supports a strong, cabinet-level Secretary of Education, a fully staffed U.S. Department of Education, and robust federal programs that serve disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, and the educators and school leaders who support them.

AFSA Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership in Public Education

This week, AFSA celebrates its 50th anniversary, marking five decades of advocating for school leaders and strengthening public education.

Tom Carty, From the Old Guard to the Schoolyard

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.

California Urban School Leaders Meet

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

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.

Oklahoma Schools Chief Ryan Walters Steps Down to Lead Anti-Union Group

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.

Study Finds Most School Board Meetings Are Calm and Cooperative, Not Partisan

Despite frequent headlines highlighting political clashes at school board meetings, new research shows that such confrontations are the exception—not the rule.

Let’s Give School Leaders More Than Praise

You are the unsung heroes of education. Often the first to arrive and the last to leave, you juggle mandates, policies, safety, parent concerns, teacher morale and student achievement.