News and Advocacy

Advocacy in Action

We are in budget season… and although CPS has not released next year’s budget yet, we are already bracing for what will be missing.

Five Outstanding Students Earn AFSA’s 2026 Diann Woodard Scholarship

Five exceptional students are beginning their college journeys with support from the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), which has awarded them the 2026 Diann Woodard S

Mother’s Day Isn’t Easy for Every Student — Schools Can Do Better

Some students have lost their mother, while others live apart from her due to divorce, incarceration, military deployment, or other complex circumstances.

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.

Safety First: Opening the Economy the Right Way

Workers are being exposed to the coronavirus in U.S. workplaces. Hundreds of thousands of workers have been infected and thousands have died.

Unsung Heroes: Chicago School Administrators and Staff, Put at Risk by CPS

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The Pandemic’s Lessons for Schools

We are adapting our old rules and practices for short-term shutdowns like hurricanes and snowstorms and trying to make them work for long and indefinite closures.