News and Advocacy

CPAA Chief of Staff Kia Banks addressed the Chicago Board of Education at their Agenda Review Committee Meeting on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

The median age of superintendents remains steady at 52, but more educators are reaching the role earlier in their careers.

On Monday, something happened that I haven’t seen or heard of since I started working for the district more than 22 years ago. Principals and assistant principals from all parts of Chicago attended a meeting of the Chicago Board of Education to give direct feedback to the Board about the way schools are rated in our district. 

New data and analysis finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction in teacher preparation.
The PRO Act is bold, comprehensive legislation to strengthen unions and the American workforce.
By a partisan 3–1 vote, the National Labor Relations Board’s GOP majority shrank the size of union buttons and other insignia workers can wear on the job.
Union activism, success in community-backed strikes and the record numbers of unionists elected to public office is the real story of unions this year.