News and Advocacy

CPAA Honors Key Leaders

The Best Time

Last night, CPAA hosted its very first awards ceremony at the legendary Ivy Room.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s on the Debt Ceiling Deal

President Biden has met the moment in the face of extraordinary opposition and pulled us back from what could have been an intractable circumstance. Under his leadership and bipartisan approach, we will avoid the loss of millions of jobs and the decimation of retirement savings, while protecting working people against draconian cuts to public safety and education

Italian School Leaders Look at Equitable Outcomes in San Francisco

A delegation of Italian school leaders visited San Francisco to gain firsthand accounts regarding evidence-based practices that produce equitable student learning outcomes in a post-COVID-19 pandemic environment.

Rahm Emanuel’s Math: The Relative Worth of Chicago’s Black and Brown Children

Raw Scale

The Nauseating Racial Discrimination of Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago Public Schools

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Graphic developed by Troy Laraviere and designed by Anthony Moser of DesignVolunteers.org
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CPAA Legislative Update: A Small Victory for Public Schools

What Happened?

How CPS Prevents Students from Receiving Special Education Services

CLICK HERE TO VIEW CPAA'S DELAY AND DENY TIMELINE

CPAA has developed a timeline depicting two real-life examples of CPS principals appealing to central office officials to use funds for special education student needs. These funds were already in the school budgets, but frozen, pending the outcome of the appeals.

CPAA Statement on Principal and AP Furlough Days

The following is a statement from CPAA President Troy LaRaviere regarding the furlough days announced by CPS last week.