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Patricia Gil, Lessons in Leadership from a Soldier, Teacher, and Lifelong Learner

Former Assistant Principal Patricia Gil has been inspired all her life by Mark Twain’s saying, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” She has lived by those words from the moment she joined the U.S. Army Reserve as a college freshman to her current role as an assistant field director and member of the Veterans Council at the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA), AFSA Local 1, New York City.

Cannizzaro Calls on School Leaders to ‘Bring the Movement National’ at CSA Leadership Conference

“If it’s just New York City, they can pick you off pretty easily, but when we stand together, when we support unions across the country, we’re unstoppable.”

Hungry Students Can't Learn: Fund SNAP

Major Education organizations have urged federal leaders to immediately release reserve funds and use any other available flexibilities without reducing support for other nutrition programs.

Chicago Principals Secure First Contract, Win Key Protections and Pay Increases

This contract affirms what we have always known: when principals and assistant principals are supported and heard, students succeed.

Back to School Transitions Can Be Tough for Grieving Students

One group that can easily be overlooked is students who are grieving the loss of a parent, sibling, or other close family member or friend

AFL-CIO Sounds Alarm Over Renewed Threats to Federal Worker Safety Agency

Workers depend on NIOSH to prevent illness, injury and death on the job,” the AFL-CIO said in a statement. “Without this research, more workers will get sick, more workers will be injured, and more workers will die.

Workers Ask 'Why is my future being torn away'?

Proclaiming Labor Day 2025 unlike any other “in the history of our movement and our country,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler reports.

Labor Day: Honoring Our Past, Getting Involved, Building Our Future External

Labor Day exists because generations of workers stood up for safe workplaces, fair pay, time to rest, and the right to be heard.

AFSA Urges Balanced, Ethical Approach to Artificial Intelligence in Schools

Artificial intelligence in schools should be implemented with a balanced approach that prioritizes both opportunity and responsibility, according to formal comments submitted by AFSA to the U.S. Department of Education on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) in schools.