News and Advocacy

Kia Banks Addresses Chicago Board of Education

Good morning, I don’t have to tell you school leaders in Chicago Public Schools are busy people.

CPAA Thanks Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova on Her Next Chapter

The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA), the union representing Chicago’s principals and assistant principals, extend

DOE’s Withholding of $6.9 Billion in FY2025 K-12 Funding Threatens Student Success and Paralyzes School Systems Nationwide

School leaders now face the impossible task of opening schools without knowing whether the federal funds they relied on will arrive—or when.

Public Health Emergency Exacerbating Longstanding 'Homework Gap': Requires Immediate Action

“We cannot allow the ‘homework gap’ to become a larger ‘learning gap’ during the coronavirus pandemic.”

Social, Emotional Professional Development Online Workshop

Have you been riding a roller coaster of emotions lately?

COVID-19: Re-Entry and Beyond, Join the Conversation—May 5 at 4 p.m.

Districts across the nation were told to close their schools, send students and staff home, and begin to teach and learn in an online/remote environment.

Chicago Tribune Covers Contributions and Plight of Principals and Assistant Principals

“Public sentiment is everything...Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.”
--Abraham Lincoln
School leaders, today the courage, sacrifice, and plight of school leaders like you broke through to the mainstream media.

Remembering Workers Who Died Because of the Job

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and more than 40 years ago, Congress passed the Mine Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job.

Trumka: President Has Made COVID-19 Crisis Worse

GOP President Donald Trump “has made this crisis worse,” so organized labor “must do what the federal government has refused to do: Protect America’s workers” during the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.