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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.

Civics Education Now

One year ago at the AFSA convention, newly elected president Ernest Logan called on the delegates to push for a return to civics education.

New Law: NY Teachers Can't Carry Guns in Schools

NY educational institutions can't issue written authorization to carry a gun to any teacher or administrator.

School Panic Button Legislation Introduced in Congress

In New Jersey, AFSA members helped push school panic buttons in the state legislature. Now the idea is moving toward federal legislation.

AFSA Member Robert Motley Selected President-elect of NASSP

Maryland Principal Motley of Atholton High School and Local 36, Howard County Administrators Association, is the first union member to be elected to the position.

House Approves Minimum Wage Hike

Workers across the nation cheered as the Democratic-run U.S. House voted to raise the U.S. minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.

The 231–199 vote, virtually along party lines, presages a tougher struggle in the GOP-run Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is completely hostile to raising the wage—or supporting any other progressive legislation the House sends him.

Eugene Scalia—Late Justice's Son—Named to Head DOL

GOP President Donald Trump has nominated right-wing lawyer Antonin—whoops, Eugene—Scalia to be secretary of labor. If confirmed, he would succeed Alexander Acosta, who was forced to resign.

Eugene Scalia is best identified as a son of the late and conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But Eugene Scalia has spent his career advocating big business causes and cases, both before and after a brief temporary stint as DOL’s solicitor, its top attorney.