“If it’s just New York City, they can pick you off pretty easily, but when we stand together, when we support unions across the country, we’re unstoppable.”
Major Education organizations have urged federal leaders to immediately release reserve funds and use any other available flexibilities without reducing support for other nutrition programs.
AFSA has joined other labor unions in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue without interruption.
Despite frequent headlines highlighting political clashes at school board meetings, new research shows that such confrontations are the exception—not the rule.
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.
What is transpiring on the streets of Chicago should alarm every citizen who believes in the rule of law and the promise of the American ideal. The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA) condemns the unprecedented and chilling actions of federal immigration agents who engaged in a public spectacle of racial profiling, patrolling our city and detaining individuals based explicitly on “how they look.”
