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
AFSA President Dr. Leonard P. Pugliese writes, "APs have more direct connections than anyone else in a school. The advisory relationship with principals, teachers, parents and students tends to be very close."
Some 65% of Americans think the federal government spends too little on education programs, according to a new poll by AP-NORC conducted at the end of March.
The memorial is a somber and poignant tribute and place of deep emotion—a site that evokes both sadness and respect for the sacrifices made by educators in service to others.
Greetings. I write as President of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA). To avoid the divisiveness that a political endorsement can have within an organization, we set a mayoral endorsement threshold of a two-thirds supermajority vote of our members. When our mayoral poll OF PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS was complete, no candidate received a supermajority. Therefore CPAA is not endorsing a candidate.
Below is the second installment of our interview with Chicago Mayoral Runoff candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. It focuses on CPS' euphemistically labeled funding system: Student-Based Budgeting, and both mayoral candidates respond to questions about changing SBB to make it work for all schools. Click the video below to watch the candidates respond.
