News and Advocacy

Cleaning House: The End of CPS's Contract with Aramark

As the custodial management contract with Aramark inside Chicago Public Schools (CPS) comes to an end, there’s a palpable mix of anticipation and reservation.The decision to bring management back unde

Data-Driven AP Lifts Up Students, Teachers

Lizzy Crispin headed the committee that led Leonardo da Vinci High School to become the first and only Blue Ribbon high school in Buffalo, New York.

Increase in Job-Related Deaths

Overall, fatalities on the job rose 5.7%. The rise in fatal occupational injuries from 2021 to 2022 is “alarming and unacceptable” to the AFL-CIO.

NEA President: Trump is a Danger to Democracy

Republican President Trump is a danger to democracy and that automatically disqualified him from even being considered for an endorsement from the nation’s largest union.

That explanation came from Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, president of the 3.2-million-member National Education Association (NEA), in her keynote address to the union’s recent convention in Houston, held over the Independence Day weekend.

Stop Taking Union Workers for Granted

We don’t know about you, but we’re getting pretty mad at being taken for granted.

Turning the Page: CPAA Advocates for School Leaders Before the New Board of Education

CPAA Calls for Stronger Principal
and AP Influence on Board Policy

New Study: Teaching Must Offer Better Opportunity

The Teaching and Learning International Survey asks teachers and school leaders about working conditions and learning environments at their schools to help countries face diverse challenges.

Fire Fighter Union Members Win First Step on Permanent 9/11 Fund

First step for compensation fund for first responders that were there on 9/11.

Talking Race and Class at the Same Time

Most progressive policies have the potential of unifying people around class interests, but a convention in talking about these things often seems to purposely lean against pointing that out.