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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

In the wake of the post-COVID-19 pandemic world, we are witnessing a surge in stress and anxiety among our students.

AFSA has embarked on an official collaboration with the largest network of school leaders in Italy, Senza Zaino.
AFSA picked five remarkable individuals who have demonstrated not only academic excellence, but also a profound dedication to community service and a commendable work ethic.
Collaborating with school districts, states and others, universities can better align their principal preparation programming with the best available evidence, defying expectations about institutional resistance to change.
New national survey by researchers at UCLA and UC Riverside details impact of pervasive and growing political conflicts.

Whom do you think of when you hear the words “The Robber Barons?”

The easy answer: The magnates of The Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when imperial and imperious capitalists bestrode the nation: Cornelius Vanderbilt—a railroad magnate—John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, J. Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan et al.

They and their cohorts, all WASP men, controlled the country, bought and sold politicians, exercised make-or-break power over commerce, ruined, suppressed and exploited workers, and wrecked people’s lives.