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
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.
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.”
