News and Advocacy

Systemically Racist Adverse Learning Conditions in In-Person Learning

In-Person Learning Plan Creates Adverse Learning Conditions
Plan Has a Disproportionate Negative Impact on Black and Hispanic Students

Juneteenth -- A New Begining

This year, Juneteenth takes on a special significance, the historic signing by President Biden, making Juneteenth a federal holiday.

A Statement on Reopening Schools

Yes, let’s reopen our schools. But let’s also rethink how our schools operate.

We Don't Have to Choose Between Racial Justice and Class Justice

I’ve been feeling kind of white lately. Maybe it’s some of that white fragility Robin DiAngelo warns us about, but more and more often when I hear somebody say “disproportionately people of color,” it sounds like they’re also saying poor and working-class white people don’t matter. That makes me queasy—kind of fragile, I guess.

The Union Advantage in Your Pocketbook

Collective bargaining agreements. Union contracts helped protect more jobs, proportionally, against this modern-day plague. Just another reason to join the union.

We hate to sound like a broken record whose needle keeps skipping and playing the same tune over and over again, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual survey of union density and workers’ wages keeps playing the same tune: If you want higher pay, join a union.

Buy American Will Create Jobs

Our tax dollars should be used to create jobs and advance production here at home.

Chicago Principals Offer Solution to Safely Reopen Schools

Chicago school principals, assistant principals and school leaders are calling for a school reopening pilot program.

The R.I.T.E. Plan to Reopen Schools

The Chicago Principals & Administrators Association has released a plan -- Return to an In-Person Teaching Environment (RITE) -- to guide school reopening in Chicago.

Register: Social/Emotional Support Professional Development Webinar

There is a big social and emotional toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our school communities.