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Cleaning House: The End of CPS's Contract with Aramark

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

Data-Driven AP Lifts Up Students, Teachers

Lizzy Crispin headed the committee that led Leonardo da Vinci High School to become the first and only Blue Ribbon high school in Buffalo, New York.

Increase in Job-Related Deaths

Overall, fatalities on the job rose 5.7%. The rise in fatal occupational injuries from 2021 to 2022 is “alarming and unacceptable” to the AFL-CIO.

States Bid Hasty Retreat From Their Own Attempts to Overhaul Educator Evaluation

Understanding how states are viewing teacher and principal evaluation systems.

It's Time to Activate for Change

A Principals Month Message from AFSA President Ernest Logan.

Chicago Principals Accuse District of Misleading Public in Teacher Negotiations

Misled Teachers, Press and Public About Principals’ Positions on Contract Issues

Public School Principals Are Trusted by Public More Than Other Professions

Members of Congress are rated lower in empathy, transparency and ethics; public gives higher scores to public school principals.

AFSA Joins Effort to Fight Flavored E-Cigarettes

New initiative launches on heels of 33 states investigating more than 450 cases of lung illnesses associated with vaping, many of which involve teens and young adults.

An Opinion: Can Democrats Be Trusted?

Two years ago, we compared the opioid epidemic to the mortgage crisis that nearly cratered the global economy, noting how corporate greed caused both. Recent reporting in The Washington Post and other media outlets reveals an important difference between the two:

Unlike the regulators who were blithely ignorant of what was happening in the financial markets, officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration knew exactly how many opioid pills were being distributed in the United States and where they were going.