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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.

Principal Learning Programs Can Improve Educational Outcomes in Schools

Access to high-quality programs has improved the quality of principal learning opportunities.

Political Conflicts are Having a Chilling Effect on Public Schools

New national survey by researchers at UCLA and UC Riverside details impact of pervasive and growing political conflicts.

The New Robber Barons

Whom do you think of when you hear the words “The Robber Barons?”

The easy answer: The magnates of The Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when imperial and imperious capitalists bestrode the nation: Cornelius Vanderbilt—a railroad magnate—John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, J. Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan et al.

They and their cohorts, all WASP men, controlled the country, bought and sold politicians, exercised make-or-break power over commerce, ruined, suppressed and exploited workers, and wrecked people’s lives.

Buy American Made This Holiday Season: Made in America Gift Guide Now Online

Only 14% of adults say they see American-made products “a lot” while shopping.

More and More Professionals Seeking to Unionize

Some 75% of education professionals say they would approve a proposal for a union in their workplace, according to an AFL-CIO survey of nonunion professionals.

Elections and the Role of School Leaders

The glory of our union is that we are never alone. Our unity is never more empowering than during an election season, and it is never more important.