News and Advocacy

President Troy LaRaviere addressed the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday, August 29th, reaffirming that a school leader contract remains his top priority.

After the chaos created by CPS at Lincoln Park High School last week when they removed the principal and assistant principal, several school leaders have reported to CPAA that CPS gave vague and contradictory information to principals regarding sexual misconduct procedures, policies, protocols, and student discipline.

Chicago school principals and assistant principals turned out in force to speak their minds on the school rating system.
Urging Congress to incorporate the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (H.R. 865) into a larger infrastructure package for our children's sake.

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.